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It may be increased by parting the roots after the stalks 

 have decayed. This plant loves the shade, and the roots 

 require confinement. 



In Spain, Switzerland, and some parts of Germany, the 

 country-people eat these cherries by handfuls : here they 

 are only cultivated for their beauty. 



A species of the Solanum, or Night-shade solarium 

 pseudocapsicum is now more commonly known by the 

 name of Winter-Cherry, and in France by those of mo- 

 relle cerisette^ petit cerisier cThiver, amome des jardiniers ; 

 of which, also, the fruit in appearance resembles the 

 Cherry. It requires shelter from severe frost, and there- 

 fore should be housed, but not kept too warm. It should 

 every year, in the month of April, be taken out of. the 

 pot ; all the decayed and matted roots on the outside 

 should be cut off, and it should be filled up with fresh 

 rich earth. This treatment will greatly improve the flowers 

 and fruit. 



The earth must be kept tolerably moist for both these 

 plants. 



The latter plant exhibits its blossoms and fruits both 

 at the same time, as the latter remain on the shrub all the 

 winter. The fruit is supposed to be poisonous, but it has 

 been tried upon a dog without producing any ill effect. 



" The amomum there withjntermingling flowers 

 And cherries hangs her twigs." 



COWPER'S TASK. 



XERANTHEMUM. 



CORYMBIFERJE. SYNGENESIA POLYGAMIA SUPERFLUA. 



This name is Greek, and signifies a dry-flower. French, rimmor- 

 telle. 



THE Annual Xeranthemums should be sown in the 

 autumn, singly, in a pot of five or six inches diameter, 



