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



India. 1656. 

 tortulo'sum (sub-twisted). 2. 



White. June. East Indies. 1820. 



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



Guiana. 1824. 



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



1752. Biennial. 

 bi'fidum (two-cleft). "White. May. 



East Indies. 1758. 

 globo'sum (globe-fruited}. 1. White. 



July. East Indies. 



lute' urn (yellow-fruited). White. July. 



East Indies. 



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



vanah. 1826. 



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



East Indies. 1820. 



micr a' nthum (small-flowered). 3. White. 



May. Brazil. 1820. 



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



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



West Indies. 1824. Annual. 



mi'nimum (smallest). White. May. East 



Indies. 1728. 



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

 pefndulum (pendulous)). 2. White. May. 



1750. 



pyramida'le (pyramidal). 2. White. May. 



Egypt. 1750. 



sine 1 me (Chinese). 2. White. July. China. 



1807. 



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 : 



Capsicum annuum (Guinea pepper), the 

 long-podded, short-podded, and oval 

 short-podded. C. cerasiforme (cherry pep- 

 per), cherry-shaped red and yellow pod- 

 ded. C. grossum (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 sowing. 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 covered 

 a quarter of an inch deep. When the 

 plants have still their seed leaves, thin to 

 four inches apart, and those removed 

 plant in four-inch pots, three in each, 

 and keep them in a moderate hotbed, 



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 are 

 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 Caragan, the name of C. 

 arborescens among the Mogul Tar- 

 tars. Nat. ord., Leguminous plants 

 [Fabaceee]. Linn., 1 1 -Diadelphia, 4- 

 Decandria. Allied to Colutea). These 

 handsome shrubs inhabit the whole of 

 north-eastern Asia, from Pekin in China 

 westward, to the banks of the Wolga ; 

 they are increased principally in the 

 nurseries by grafting on C. arborescens, 

 which is a deciduous tree, but all the 

 others are deciduous shrubs. The larger 

 growing species are best propagated by 

 seeds sown in spring, or by cuttings of 



