360 Select Plants for Industrial Culture 



Solanum edule, Schumacher and Thonning. 



Guinea. The berry is of the size of an apple, yellow and edible. 

 How far this species is hardy remains to be ascertained. 



Solanum Gilo, Raddi. 



Tropical America ; much cultivated there for the sake of its large, 

 spherical, orange-colored berries, which are eatable. 



Solanum Guinense, Lamarck. 



Within the tropics of both hemispheres. The berries of this shrub 

 serve as a dye of various shades, particularly violet, for silk. 



Solanum indigoferum, St. Hilaire. 



Southern Brazil. A dye-shrub, deserving trial-culture. 



Solanum Jamesii, Torrey. 



Mountains of the South- Western States of North- America and of 

 Mexico. A potato-bearing species, with small tubers, on which 

 however continued cultural care may improve. See Mr. J. G. 

 Baker's review of the tuber-bearing species of Solanum in the 

 Journal of the Linnean Society 1884. 



Solanum Lycopersicum, Linne\* (Lycopersicum esculentum, Miller.) 



The Tomato. South- America, particularly Peru. Annual. Several 

 varieties exist, differing in shape and color of the berries. It is one 

 of the most eligible plants with" esculent fruits for naturalization in 

 desert-countries. As well known, the tomato is adapted for various 

 culinary purposes. Export of berries from Bermuda alone in 1871 

 as much as 672 tons (Sir J. Lefroy). Tomato-foliage may be placed 

 round fruit-trees, like the equally poisonous potato-leaves, to prevent 

 the access of insects, and an infusion of the herb serves also as an 

 insecticide for syringing, as first adopted for Mr. Sircy. 



Solanum macrocarpum, Linne". 



Mauritius and Madagascar. A perennial herb. The berries are of 

 the size of an apple, globular and yellow. S. Thonningi (F. Jacquin) 

 from Guinea, is a nearly related plant. S. calycinum (Mocino and 

 Sesse) from Mexico is also allied. 



Solanum Maglia, Molina. 



From Chili to the Chonos-Archipelagus along the shores. A 

 Potato-Solanum with naturally large tubers. 



Solanum Melongena, Linne". (S. ovigerum, Dunal; S. esculentum, Dunal.) 



The Egg-Plant. Arabia. Ripening still at Christiania like the 

 tomato. A perennial plant, usually renewed in cultivation like an 

 annual. The egg-shaped large berries are known under the name of 

 Aubergines, Bringals or Begoons as culinary esculents. Prepared in 

 France like an omelette. The seeds will keep for several years. 

 Allied plants are S. insanum (L.), S. longum (Roxb.), S. serpentinum 

 (Desf.), S. undatum (Lam.), S. ferox (L.), S. pseudo-saponaceum 



