340 LISTS OF TREES, &C. SECT. XIX* 



in a green-house window, where they may have the 

 full sun. 



Calceolaria, the flower of, is esteemed only for 

 the curiosity of its slipper shape. The blow may be 

 continued all summer, by planting cuttings. 



Capsicums are usually ranked in the less tender 

 class, and though they are in nature so, yet to have 

 them fine, and to fruit in time, they should be 

 brought forward, by being treated as balsams, c. 

 at least in situations far north of London. They are 

 grown for the beauty and-useof their pods, which are 

 variously shaped, as long, heart, cherry, c. See p. 

 26*4. 



Clcomc is a very tender annual, (has been long 

 considered as a stove plant) but may come under 

 the cultivation of the ordinary florist, by continuing 

 it longer in a frame, as suppose to Mid-July, or 

 later, if the season is then unkind ; and then plung- 

 ing the pots in a warm border. When autumn ap- 

 proaches, a hand-glass may be set on forked sticks 

 over this, or any tender plant, and thus preserve it 

 longer. 



Colutea is a perennial shrub of somewhat tender 

 nature, that hardly succeeds abroad. Though the 

 seed will come up on cold ground in high spring, 

 yet by sowing it as one of this class, it may be 

 brought forward enough to produce its beautiful 

 flowers the same autumn. See lists IV. and X. 

 In this last list it is considered as a biennial, as it 

 may be housed the first winter, and turned out into 

 open ground the following summer, and suffered to 

 die. 



Eggplant must have a dry soil, and warm situa- 

 tion, but yet plenty of water in hot weather. The 

 blossom is not striking, but the white fruit is often 

 as large as a swan's egg, and with only common 



