306 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



28. Var. Rubicans, Ros. 



Rougette. Putamen small. Yield annual and large. 



29. Var. Alba, Ros. 



Olive blanche, Blancane, Vierge. This, with many others omitted 

 on this occasion, is an inferior variety. 



30. Yar. Oaillet Rouge. 



Figanier. Small tree. Fruit large, red. Oil good and produced 

 in quantity. 



31. Var. Gaillet Uanc. 



Fruit almost white, produced annually and copiously, yielding a 

 rather superior oil. 



32. Var. Baymet. 



Fruit large, reddish. Oil copious and fine. This variety prefers 

 flat country. 



33. Var. Ootignac. 



Pardigniere. Fruit middle-sized, blunt. Oil obtained in quantity 

 and of excellent quality. This requires much pruning. 



34. Var. Bermillaon. 



Vermillaon. Yields table-oil and resists cold well. 



This list was several years ago without permission copied into an 

 official publication in another part of the globe, and without any 

 allusion to Capt. Hidalgo-Tablada or the translator. 



Many other apparently desirable varieties occur, among which the 

 Italian Oliva d'Ogni Mese may be mentioned, which ripens fruit 

 several times in the year, and furnishes a pleasant oil and also 

 fruit for preserves. 



Oncosperma fasciculatum, Thwaites. 



Ceylon. This Palm ascends there to 5,000 feet. The very 

 slender but prickly stem attains a height of 50 feet. Desirable 

 for scenic culture. 



Onobrychis sativa, Lamarck.* 



The " Sainfoin, Esparsette or Cock's-head " Plant. Southern 

 and Middle Europe, South-Western and Middle Asia. Hardy in 

 Norway to lat. 63 26' [Schuebeler]. A deep-rooting perennial 

 fodder-herb, fond of marly soil, and living in dry localities. It 

 prepares dry calcareous soil for cereal culture. Stagnant under- 

 ground-humidity is fatal to this plant. It prospers even where 

 Red Clover and Lucerne no longer succeed, and is richer in 

 nutritive constituents than either, as shown already by Sir 

 Humphrey Davy. The yield is at its maximum in the third year ; 



