THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



SOI.ANUM. 867 



of low slender growth, the entire plant covered large white flowers are violet and woolly on 



thickly with glistening orange coloured spines. the outside, succeeded by yellow fruits like a 



Flowers an inch across, bluish-violet. Mada- small orange, at first woolly, then smooth, shin- 



gascar. ing, and of agreeable flavour. It needs a warm 



S. QUERCIFOLIUM. A hardy perennial place and a warm season to do well. Peru, 



from Peru, growing 3 to 5 ft. high, with S. ROBUSTUM is a much-branched shrub ot 



Solanum Wendlandi. 



deeply-lobed Oak-like leaves of 3 to 4 ins. 

 and large violet flowers. 



S. QUITOENSE. A shrubby plant of three 

 feet, with downy violet stems and broad 

 woolly leaves, heart-shaped, green threaded 

 with violet, and reddish-purple beneath. The 



4 ft., its stems and leaf-ribs set with sharp 

 spines and dense red hairs. The leaves are 

 large, sharply oval, and bluntly lobed, or 

 nearly triangular higher on the stems, green 

 and velvety above, yellow and woolly beneath. 

 The flowers are white with orange stamens, 

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