The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-29


round stalk Of about two fee f In
height and a good Heal branched QUIT
that IT is set with broad leaves OF a
Ga RS brown ish-gree color among
which appear the white MOWERS, some
times purple flowers, looking like a.
Sstur--with what he. cal lis vel low plums
in the middle. II 8 tells us that the
fruits aboutiast big as a swans egg.
white or brown, and containing fiat:
seed s. OF a. yellow co lol. N 3iS l
t'..Th e people Of Toledo doe eat them
with great devotion, being boiled with
fat flesh, adding thereto some $scraped
cheese--wh ichss they doe keepe In vine
gar, il onie, u or, sail pickle ALL winter
In Egypt and Barhary,E he adds that
they eat these fruits aftersE roast ting
them IN ashes add Ing OIL &vinegar and
pepp er. HI rather wish es tina t. Eng n
lllishmenS should con tent themselves wi tn
meat sauce Of their wn Scount try rat leri
than 5partake Of sauce and frui with
such doubtful and mi chievous quail
ties as he thinks belong to these %sola-!
mum S. s436 With this advice he gives IA
side thrust at mushrooms ms We'll. ~ On
the whole.ahe would ¬ have the egg
iplant discarded entirely but likes to
have 81 s,in his garden for the beauty
Eof4 it, and tho rar enc s,8rather than
for any svertue or good qualitie yet
| knQwne,
The egg plant Is entering more and:
more into cultivation, and has been
| so&nobly Improved that 1t is likelySto
! be- in everybo dy's garden hereafter.
UNFORTUNATELY H II needs a very long
season. and does not like the chilly
days Bw hich are ely to occur IN MAY
1T thrives grandly in our Southern
states but II have not found It even
there in very general culttvation.S It
requires about the same Temperature
as the toma to. 5and. will grow on almost
any soil that Is rich and deep. 1t Is
hardl " worth while to spend time on
the plant In heavy and cold clay soil.
The tomato never likes to 20 checked
insits growth, and the egg plant is
still more particular on this point.#s
| s5 In the real po tato famlly-S olanum
or Observation-Disclosures are also flowers
conspicuous Il for their beauty. 4 Louis
might. we'll wearsthe potato .fower|in
Hills buttonhole for Its prettiness alone.
NJ uch bling this blossom are lie
purple clusters Of the deadly night
shad e---which{ti Is also IN otable for Its
|:larga&c clusters OF liant berries. that
are found on the roadside fences sin
l4wild Ways,@a and occa slonall ~ along our
more clv ilized9 lighway S. a TIL o dautro.
or trumpet low err, is found not only In
| the y amest town we ed ( orr ms onweed).
j but4in many improved sorts; doubleSand
single, and Very fra grant, brilliant
yellows, competing with rich purples,
Th ey5 are grown siri5sour gardens with
excellent effect. We s.is should hardly
4 l<n oyYas what s to- do without another
4 floral member * OF this family,whichs we
Have called the petunia--the old Peru
Wan name Of petun,g slig htly mod fed
This glorious aowe r has proved Itself
capable q stonishlng g. notifications, IN
color and lrS size, It'll some Of the
A most delicate ma inss and spcncillngs
Ito be found In, our gardens Not o
few skilled garda n ers have been proud
to associate their names With improved
i sorts of8this flower, 3S 53}< III u
4 b ] Il Is curious Ia find a close relation
Il ship existing between the potato and
\ tobacco, Is ( fragrant weed entere6
1 Lint consumpt with almost equa,
\ pro,uptness,s and has s8more than KEEP,
4 pace with 3theasucculents root, Charles
Lamb wa not tho only one among the
4 old English writer's q to DESCENDANTS
charms, as vel ms the consequences o1
\ Ind III genee, in ella sslcal literature. II
1 lis the onaj plant that has "a Il Of loglt
i Iagainst IT. and all 9 e. custom IN It:
favor. lnS8 an ord binary colfipany sio1
q twenty persons the & MOI usars II
sisura W. be found In q IN tnorl ty.Ss It Y
a ltsel ID he ne rluolls 10 Of ArlcrtI
can 81 as S,:Ssst ION ic2i cd tiYs,s IL fur
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