62 DEADLY NIGHTSHADE. IVY. 



also poisonous ; and even the smell of it is said to 

 occasion sleep : the flowers are white, and the ripe 

 berries black. The deadly Nightshade is another 

 plant of the same class and order ; and from its 

 English name you might suppose it to be of the 

 same genus; but the flower is very different; 

 and this may serve to show you how necessary it is 

 to use the botanical names, in speaking of plants, 

 when we wish to distinguish them with accuracy. 



EDWARD. 



Then what is the botanical name of Deadly 

 Nightshade ? 



MOTHER. 



At'ropa Belladon'na. It grows wild in Europe, 

 particularly in England and Austria ; and every 

 part of it is poisonous. 



The Tomato, or Love Apple, that you often see 

 in fruit shops, is the Sola'num Lycoper'sicum : the 

 berry is about the size of a plum, and is used in 

 soups. Another species, the Sola'num Melonge'na, 

 is very much cultivated in Jamaica, and is called 

 the egg-plant, or vegetable-egg, from the fruit 

 which in shape and size is very? like the egg of a hen. 



Our common Ivy, Hed'era He'lix, is also in the 

 class and order, PentandriaMonogynia. It is the 

 only native species of Hed'era, and is the latest 

 flowering of all our plants, for it blossoms in 

 October and November ; but the berries are not 

 ripe until the following spring. 



