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SOLANDRA 



Large-flowered tropical American shrubs, of which S. 

 grandiflora is fairly well known in gardens. It is a vigorous 

 grower, with fleshy branches and leaves and large, tubular, 

 Datura-like, white flowers, which change to a creamy-yellow. 

 An excellent plant for a sunny position in a large stove, it 

 should be noted that if allowed too much root-space and 

 continuous moisture it does not flower well. Small flower- 

 ing plants can be had by inserting cuttings of the flowering 

 shoots. S. longiflora has white flowers with a purplish tinge. 

 S. Hartwegii has very large, orange-coloured flowers. 

 Propagation by cuttings. 



SOLANUM 



An immense genus, many members of which have been 

 introduced to cultivation, but few of them are notable as 

 ornamental climbers. 5. jasminoides (see Plate X) has 

 wreaths of starry, white flowers, and is hardy on a wall or 

 building in the south ; in colder districts it requires and 

 deserves green-house cultivation. 6". Wendlandii, one of 

 the very best of warm house climbers, has enormous, 

 terminal clusters of bright blue-purple flowers ; while S. 

 Seaforthianum, mauve flowers, and S. pensile, purple and 

 white flowers, are also elegant and free, summer-blooming 

 stove plants. They thrive in loam, and are easily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings. 



STAUNTONIA 



A small genus of hardy evergreen shrubs allied to 

 Berberis, natives of China and Japan. 6*. hexaphylla t which 



