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OLIVE 



a clear oil of the true Olive flavor and color. But the 

 American market demands a perfectly clear and bril- 

 liant oil put up in glass, and this is usually obtained by 

 filtering. This is detrimental to the flavor of the oil, 

 for the more it is filtered the more neutral and "greasy " 

 will the taste bcconio. Tliis practice, therefore, should 

 be discouragpil. :iimI lln' d.^iir for the tme Olive flavor 

 cultivated, makiiiu- it iiri|Mi^vil,le for cheap, neutral, 

 greasy substituti ,s (mkIi as .-..ttonseed oil) to take its 

 place in the tastr uf th.- uuiisumer. Of the highest 

 importance throughout the entire process is the item 

 of cleanliness. The mill, press, floors, trays and all 

 apparatus should be scalded daily— when in use— and 

 no strong odor permitted about the premises; for so 

 absorptive is pure Olive oil that it will immediately 



For 



ONC1DIU.M 



country. O. linifolia is a suimiicr 

 easy culture. O. rernii has a wliit 

 pretty but lacks the interest .i| a i,l 

 Omphalodes is a genus i>t aiMnii 

 the Mediterranean region, mi. I. II. . 

 nual or perennial herbs of low- 

 sparsely and minutely villous ; r. 

 lanceolate, ovate or cordate; stein 

 " . with or without a lea: 



except tn piiiiilin 

 and liaii.lliiiL- I !- 

 again, th.' ( M'\ 

 if they aiv, i1m 

 pickle Will la' l; 

 from the trei.-s .•.. 

 This is extra.t.'. 

 daily, or by a w. : 

 universally us.-.l 

 are considered tl 



water process, ren<leis 

 special cases. For lyi . 

 from 1 to 2 per cent .. 

 allowed to stand in this 

 ciple is extracted. Tli. a 



I^'i'.s'irr.v. '"";;', 



saltiTi-. li 



with a v.. •. ;. , 



from 1 1 1 1 1 . V . ,,',,. ■!:,■; 



egg. Thi |.n .,..,1 . i,r 



ing. 'I'll.' la.'l I. ar, IM.V 



erly piv|,ai'. .1 a., -I |.ni . 

 years. TIn-. i- lii.' i-f,., 



about. !, |., . ,,||,|| 



Sc." I'.uil. -., 

 the CaliL.n.ia 



and tlif seeds erect. The des.Tii.ti..tis given below uro 

 adapted from DeCandolle's Prodromus, vol. 10 (184(i). 

 with which the pictures cited agree rather poorly. 

 A. Plant a summer-bloomin!/ annual. 

 linifdlia, Moench. Erect, slightly glaucous, 1 ft. high: 

 radical Ivs. wedge-shaped; stem-'lvs. linear-lanceolate, 

 margin remotely ciliate: corolla twice as long as the 



itions, and no 



1 123, and the annual reporti 

 tut Station. 



Arnold V. Stubenrauoh 



OLIVE -BARK TKEE. Terminalia Vatappa. 



OLIVE, WILD. Olea Europma ; also Ehrafinns 



OMPHALODES (Greek, 

 the seeds) BorraginAct 

 genus we cultivate 3 low- 

 fls. much like those of i 

 usually with a white .a |>..i 

 lobes. The fls. are oft. n i 



Habit tufted, not creeping. 

 . Glabrous, tufted: Ivs. oblong, obtuse, 

 narrowed into a long petiole, the stem- 



lets with an entire membranaceous margin. Mt. Sypilns 

 near Manesis, and in Cilicia near Gulf of Scanderoon, 

 at 8,non ft. B.!M. fi047 (some fls. light blue, others pink- 



twie.- as large as those of O. veriia. ^_ 



ONClDIUM (Greek, a tnbenle ; alluding to the 



on the labeiliini). Oixhidncar. A larf,'e genus of ..? 



and troj.i.a.' ■ . . a. . ..' . . 1 1 . \\ , ' I ,• i . I - 

 of altitu.l.' a. ... I . , i ■ , , : ., 



walks. It i~ aai 1.. Ilk.' Iiest a .a ., .1 , ii.. .i - 1 I, 



few bits of san.lstune among wlii.-l. t!..' i-....is 

 ble and from which they may .l.ii\. ... 

 moisture. The choicest kind is c. /..../ 

 spring-blooming perennial, but of tutt..l hal 

 patient of division. It is a typical "unceita 

 for some it flourishes like a" weed; others 



i.>ii to each other and to the rest of the flower. 

 1 kable instance is O. Papilio, in which the petals 

 sal sepal have been transformed into linear erect 

 Is, recalling, on a large scale, the antenn.i^ of 



height of 8,000 ft., and grows 

 cliffs. It is said to like a loose 1 

 well drained. When once estab 

 America O. lAieilim has been su 

 B. Keller, but the plant is not 



ni.-l.s II to 12 ft. high, and covered with nuiiier. 

 11! siz. .1 tls. The prevailing color of the Hs. is j 

 p..ittil and barred with brown. White or ro 

 1 lis. o. a iir in a few rare in.stances {O. incurvn 

 ill,oil,,/H,-hnm). 



