. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . referred it to the Linnaeanspecies of Solaninn meloiigena, and pointed out thecause of the disease; and though, in the more recentand accurate division of the genus Solamim, to whichallusion has been made, the name of Sodomeum hasbeen substituted for that of melongena, the fruit andthe disease have been proved to be as Hasselquiststated. Solanum melongena is more common in the mar-kets of Constantinople than either of the former sorts,being almost as abundant as the gourd and the melon,and used for
. A description and history of vegetable substances, used in the arts, and in domestic economy . referred it to the Linnaeanspecies of Solaninn meloiigena, and pointed out thecause of the disease; and though, in the more recentand accurate division of the genus Solamim, to whichallusion has been made, the name of Sodomeum hasbeen substituted for that of melongena, the fruit andthe disease have been proved to be as Hasselquiststated. Solanum melongena is more common in the mar-kets of Constantinople than either of the former sorts,being almost as abundant as the gourd and the melon,and used for nearly the same purposes. There areseveral varieties of this solanum. The first appear-ance of the plant, it is said, is always attended witha north-east wind of some continuance; and, there-fore, the ships for the Black Sea sail before thisharbinger, or rather companion, of bad weathercomes fortii. This is probably one of the super-stitions which in all countries attach to matters souncertain as the weather. Chapter V. stone fruits.— peach; nectarine; almond;apricot; plim; cherry; a. Piach. b. Nectarine. c. Apricot. d. Alinond. The principal stone fruits, that are valued chiefly asfruits, without any reference to their other qualities,are the peach and nectarine, which are only varietiesof the same species, the almond, the apricot, theplum, and the cherry. The first belong- to the Lin-naean genus Amygdalus, and the latter three to thatof Prxuius. It seems doubtful whether the almond, howeverdifferent it is in its fructification, is not the samespecies with the peach. The identity of the peachand the nectarine has been fully established. Speci-mens raised from the stone have not only borne fruit,having on one part of the tree the downy coat of the 2d 298 VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES. peach, and on another the smooth coat of the necta-rine ; but they have exhibited varieties even closerthan that, for single fruits have been produced withthe coat of the peach on the one side,
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