. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. Fig. 291.—Branch of thorn-apple (Nightshade Family), showing flowers and fruit.—After Baillon. fruits of some of them being very poisonous. Among the familiar plants are capsicum (red pepper), ground cherry, belladonna, matri- mony vine, henbane, petu- nia, and thorn-apple (jim- son-weed) (Figs. 291 and 292); while the three fol- lowing are of great com- mercial importance: Potato.—This most com- mon of all vegetables is often called Irish potato, because of its general use in Ireland; but it is a na- tive of the mountainous region of Amer
. A text-book of botany for secondary schools. Botany. Fig. 291.—Branch of thorn-apple (Nightshade Family), showing flowers and fruit.—After Baillon. fruits of some of them being very poisonous. Among the familiar plants are capsicum (red pepper), ground cherry, belladonna, matri- mony vine, henbane, petu- nia, and thorn-apple (jim- son-weed) (Figs. 291 and 292); while the three fol- lowing are of great com- mercial importance: Potato.—This most com- mon of all vegetables is often called Irish potato, because of its general use in Ireland; but it is a na- tive of the mountainous region of America from southern Colorado to Chili. Like corn (maize), potatoes were found in cultivation by natives. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Coulter, John Merle, 1851-1928. New York, D. Appleton
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