Plate 521. 

 SOLANUM CILIATUM. 



Among those plants wliich have of late years been very 

 much utilized for the decoration of the dinner-table, and for 

 winter use generally, some of the Solanums have held a pro- 

 minent place, SuJanum capsicum and 8. pseudocajJsicKm espe- 

 cially, their brilliant bright scarlet berries and their dwarf 

 habit rendering them peculiarly suitable for the purpose. The 

 variegated variety of the latter is also useful ; while Weatherill's 

 hybrids brought out by Mr. B. S. Williams, of Holloway, from 

 the unusual size of their berries and greater profuseness of fruit, 

 and Prince of Wales, a variety sent out by the Messrs. Carter 

 and Co., of Holborn, with a profusion of bright golden yellow 

 berries, hanging all near the plant, are also most useful. 



Solanuiii ciliaium has been introduced by Messrs. Carter and 

 Co., of High Holborn, from America, and, as will be seen by 

 reference to the figure we have given of it, is likely to be a 

 very important addition to our decorative plants. The berries 

 are of large size, of very brilliant scarlet, and produced in 

 clusters of two and three; the foliage is of a very brilliant 

 green, the leaves large and deeply serrated, with many spines, 

 while the height of the plant, about eighteen inches, renders it 

 admirably suited for the piu-pose. 



Like the others we have named, the seed of 8olamim ciliatum 

 must be sown in heat, and the plants must be kept in a 

 moderately warm house : care must be taken by fumigating 

 or washing the plants to keep down red spider, which is the 

 great pest of all this tribe when cultivated indoors. We are 

 indebted to the Messrs. Carter for the opportunity of figuring 

 this novelty. 



