SOLANUM. 



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The fleshy stems climb freely, bearing 

 sparse soft spines. Leaves variable in 

 size and shape, often cut into deep lobes. 

 Flowers in large drooping clusters of a 

 soft lilac-blue colour and 2 inches or more 

 across ; those shown in the engraving form 



of tender side-shoots, taken with a heel 

 from plants started early under glass. 

 Costa Rica. 



SOLDANELLA (Moon-wort) . 



Diminutive alpine flowers, at one time 



Solatium Wendlandi. 



only a small part of the perfect cluster, 

 which often measures a foot across. The 

 leaves fall in winter, when the plant 

 should be kept fairly dry at the root and 

 the shoots well cut back before again 

 starting into growth. Increase by cuttings 



considered difficult to grow, but not 

 really so if grown in peaty or sandy 

 and moist soil, with coarse vigorous 

 plants kept at a distance. 5. alpina 

 is one of the most interesting of the 



