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they need a rich soil. The shrubby species thrive in a 

 stove, and are very ornamental. The greater number will 

 ripen fruit in the open air, and, from the different colors of 

 the fruit, white, purple, blue, green, red, and yellow, are at- 

 tractive in garden or conservatory. 



C. anmiuin (Guinea pepper) ; half-hardy annual ; i foot ; fruit 

 erect, usually red; India; 1548. C. baccatuui (bird-pepper); 

 stove shrub; 3 feet; fruit erect, red; India; 1731. C. bicolor 

 (two-colored) ; stove shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers white and purple ; 

 fruit erect, violaceous ; West Indies ; 1804. C. cerasifonne 

 (cherry-pepper) ; stove shrub ; 3 feet ; fruit erect, red or yellow ; 

 South America ; 1739. C. cereohun (waxy) ; stove shrub ; 3 feet ; 

 fruit pendent, yellow; South America; 1850. C. cordiforme 

 (heart-shaped) ; half-hardy annual ; 2 feet ; fruit pendent, red or 

 yellow; India; 1548. C. friitesceiis {^Y\x\\\rv^\ i foot; flowers 

 pale-yellow ; India ; 1656. C. 3fil/erii {Miller^ s) ; flowers white ; 

 West Indies ; 1824. 



Caragana. Pea-Tree. [Leguminosae.] Pretty, hardy, 

 and chiefly low-growing shrubs ; the most interesting of 

 which are kept grafted, as standards in the nurseries, and 

 make beautiful little pendent trees. The stock used is C. 

 arborescens^ which is increased by seeds. The rest may be 

 increased by layering, and the spreading sorts are suitable 

 for large rock gardens. Sandy, loamy soil. 



C. arborescens (tree-like) ; a small deciduous tree ; 1 5 feet ; 

 flowers yellow, in May; Siberia; 1752. C. var. inermis (un- 

 armed) ; 10 feet ; Siberia ; 1820. C. Altagana (Siberian pea) ; 

 hardy shrub; 3 feet; flowers yellow, in May; Siberia; 1789. 

 C. Cha7nlagu (Chinese) ; hardy shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers yellow, in 

 May ; China ; 1773. C. frutescens (shrubby) ; hardy shrub ; 6 

 feet; flowers yellow, in May; Russia; 1752. C. jiibata 

 (crested) ; hardy shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers white and red, in May ; 

 Siberia ; 1796. C. pygnicea (pygmy) ; hardy shrub ; 3 feet ; flow- 

 ers yellow, in May ; Siberia; 1751. C. spinosa {s'£)\ny) ; hardy 

 shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers yellow, in May ; Siberia ; 1755. 



