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C.frute'scens (shrubby). 1. Pale yellow. July. 



India. 1656. 

 -- tortulo'sum (rather-twisted). 2. White. 



E. Ind. 1820. 



globi'ferum (globe-bearing). 2. White. June. 



Guiana. 1824. 



gro'ssum (large). 1. White. July. India. 1752. 



Biennial. 

 -- bi'fidvm (two-cleft). White. May. E. 



Ind. 1758. 

 -- globo'sum (globe -fruited}. I. White. 



July. E. Ind. 



Havane'nse (Havanah). White. May. Ha- 



vanah. 1826. 



lu'teum (yellow-fruited). 1. White. July. E. 



Ind. 1820. 



micra'nthum (small-flowered). 3. White. May. 



Brazil. 1820. 



microca'rpon ^small-fruited). 2. White. May. 



Mille'rii (Miller's). 1. White. June. W. Ind. 



1824. Annual. 



mi'nimum (smallest). White. May. E. Ind. 



1728. 



ova'tum (egg-fruited). 3. White. July. 1824. 



pe'ndulum (pendulous). 2. White. May. 1750. 



pyramida'le (pyramidal). 2. White. 



Sine'nse ( 



Egypt. 1750 



Chi 

 1807. 



May. 

 nese). 2. White. July. China. 



sphee'ricum (globular-fruited). 2. White. May. 



1807. 



tomatifo'rme (tomato-shaped). 1$. Whitish. 



July. Biennial. 



ustula'tum (burnt). 2. White. June. Chili. 



Annual. 



CAPSICUM. For pickling purposes the 

 following are the species and varieties 

 usually employed : 



Ca'psicuni a'nmnim (Guinea pepper), 

 the long-podded, short-podded, and oval 

 short-podded. C. ccrasifo'rme (cherry 

 pepper), cherry-shaped red and yellow- 

 podded. C.yrd'ssum (bell pepper). 



Soil and Situation. They do best in a 

 light, rich loam, and against a fence or 

 wall. Hence they are often grown within 

 an enclosure devoted to hotbed-forcing. 



Time and mode of Solving. Sow to- 

 wards the end of March or beginning of 

 April. Sow in pots or pans, and place in 

 a hotbed, with the shelter of a frame ; 

 but, in default of a stove, hotbed, or 

 frame, they may be raised under hand- 

 glasses on a warm border, the sowing, in 

 such case, being deferred until settled 

 warm weather, in May. The seed co- 

 vered a quarter of an inch deep. When 

 the plants have still their seed-leaves, 

 thin to four inches apart, and those re- 

 moved plant in four-inch pots, three in 

 each, and keep them in a moderate hot- 

 bed, being shaded from the meridian sun, 

 and moderately watered with tepid water 

 until they have taken root; but little 

 shading will be required if the roots of 

 the seedlings are carefully moved, and in 



the afternoon just before shutting up. 

 During the whole of their continuance 

 beneath a frame, air must be admitted 

 freely, to prevent their being drawn ; and, 

 as May advances, they must be accus- 

 tomed gradually to an uncovered situa- 

 tion, by taking off the glasses during the 

 day, and by degrees leaving them open of 

 an evening : this prepares them for their 

 final removal at the close of that month, 

 or early in June. Those raised in a 

 border beneath hand-glasses must also 

 be thinned as directed above, and those 

 removed planted in a similar situation, 

 or, in default of hand-glasses, beneath a 

 paper frame or matting. The same may 

 be adopted for the plants from the hot- 

 beds, if all other conveniences are want- 

 ing. When planted out finally, set them 

 two feet asunder, screened from the sun, 

 and water freely until rooted. Continue 

 the watering in dry weather throughout 

 their growth. They flower during July 

 or beginning of August, and the pods rfre 

 ready to be gathered for pickling at the 

 close of this last month, or early in Sep- 

 tember. 



To obtain Seed. A plant bearing some 

 of the forwardest and finest fruits of each 

 variety must be preserved, that it may 

 be ripe before the frost commences, the 

 first of which generally kills the plants. 

 When completely ripe, cut the pods, and 

 hang up in the sun, or in a warm room, 

 until completely dry, and keep the seed 

 in them until wanted for sowing. 



CARAGA'NA. Siberian Pea-tree. (From 

 Garagan, the name of C. arbore'scens 

 among the Mogul Tartars. Nat. ord., Le- 

 guminous Plants [Fabacese], Linn., 17- 

 Dladelphia k-Decandria. Allied to Co- 

 lutea.) 



These handsome shrubs inhabit the whole of 

 north-eastern Asia, from Pekin in China, west- 

 ward, to the banks of the Wolga. They are in- 

 creased principally in the nurseries, by grafting 

 on C. arbore'scens, which is a deciduous tree ; hut 

 all the others are deciduous shrubs. The lareer- 

 growing species are best propagated by seeds 

 sown in spring, or by cuttings of the roots. 

 Shrubby, low plants by seed and layers ; and the 

 rarer, Chinese, Siberian, and drooping kinds by 

 grafting in spring ; sandy loam. 



C. Altaga'na (Altagana). 3. Yellow. May. Si 

 beria. 1/89. 



arbore'scens (tree-like). 15. Yellow. May. 



Siberia. 1752. 



ine'rmis (unarmed). 10. Yellow. May. 



Siberia. 1820. 



arena 'ria (sand). 1. Yellow. June. Si- 



beria. 1802. 



Chamla'gu (Chamlagu). 4. Yellow, May. 



China. 1773. 



