20 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Aleurites triloba, R and G. Forster. 



The Candlenut-tree, a native of the tropics of both hemispheres, 

 which furnishes a valuable dye from its fruits, and copious oil from 

 its seeds. I found the tree barely able to endure the winters of 

 Melbourne. 



Alibertia edulis, A. Richard. 



Guiana and Brazil, southward to extra-tropic latitudes, widely 

 dispersed through the drier regions. The fruit of this shrub is edible 

 and known as " Marmeladmha. " A. Melloana (J. Hooker), of 

 South Brazil, seems to serve the same purpose. 



Alkanna tinctoria, Tausch. 



On sandy places around the Mediterranean Sea. It yields the 

 Alkanna-root used for dyeing oleaginous and other substances. It 

 might be naturalized. Can be grown in almost pure sand. 



Allium Canadense, Kalm. 



North American Garlic. Could be cultivated or naturalized on 

 moist meadows for the sake of its top bulbs, which are much sought 

 for pickles of superior flavour. 



Allium roseum, Linne. 



Countries on the Mediterranean Sea. This, with Allium Neapolita- 

 num (Cyrillo), one of its companions, yields edible roots, according 

 to Heldreich. 



Allium leptophyllum, Wallich. 



The Himalayan Onion. Captain Pogson regards the bulbs as 

 sudorific ; they are of stronger pungency than ordinary onions ; 

 the leaves form a good condiment. 



Allium Schaenoprasum, Linne. 



The Chives. Europe, Northern Asia and North America. Avail- 

 able for salads and condiments. This species of Allium seems not 

 yet so generally adopted in our culinary cultivation as Allium 

 Ascalonicum (the Shallot), A. Cepa (the ordinary Onion), A. fistu- 

 losum (the Welsh Onion), A. Porrum (the Leek), and A. sativum 

 (the Garlic). A. Scorodoprasum, or the Sand-Leek of Europe and 

 North Africa, resembles both Garlic and Shallot. A. Ampelo- 

 prasum is the British Leek, which extends over Middle and South 

 Europe and West Asia, called in culture the Summer-Leek, a 

 variety of which is the Early Pearl-Leek. 



