Solarium 



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Solanum 



SOLANUM. 



Description. An important and extensive genus 

 of stove, greenhouse, half-hardy, and hardy shrubs, 

 herbs, or small trees (nnl. Solanacete), many of 

 which are of high decorative value, and some of 

 considerable economic importance. The most 

 valuable is the 1'otato, tuberosum (see POTATO), 



plants may be grown out of doors during the 

 summer in a sunny border, and potted in autumn. 



Propagation. The annuals by seeds ; the 

 tuberous-rooted by the tubers or by seeds; the 

 shrubby species by seeds or by young cuttings 

 struck in a close case. 



Soil. Light, rich loam. 



SOLANUM WENDLANDII (see i>. 



but Melongena produces the Aubergine (see EGO 

 PLANT), and from experiments in progress it is 

 expected that hybridisers may obtain important 

 results in crossing other species with tuberosum. 

 Apart from tuberosum and Melongena, the species 

 are principally of decorative merit, consisting 

 either of effective bloom, striking habit and foliage, 

 or ornamental fruits. In the first category the 

 ornamental crispum may be named ; marginatum 

 or Warscewiczii is decorative for the greenhouse or 

 sub-tropical gardening, and the popular Capsicas- 

 trum and pseudo-capsicum, with their numerous 

 bright berries, make favourite table plants. Young 



Principal Species and 

 atropurpureum, sum. .grh. 

 suo-shr., pur., yel., 

 fruit wh., yel. 



( ';i|)>ir;istnilM. 1' to '!' , 



sum., grh. sub-shr., 



wh. , fruit se. 

 variegatum, variegated 



ITS. 

 cernuum, 15', sum., grh., 



wh. (">i>i. jubatum). 

 crispum, 1'2' to 14', sum., 



luly. slir. (wall), bl., 



pur., fruit yel., wh. 



Varieties : 



ligustrinum, narrower 

 Ivs., fewer flowers (tyn. 

 ligustrimim). 



duplosiuuatum. sum., 

 grh., hi., fruit wh. 



giganteum, 10' to 25', 

 sum., grh., bl. 



jasminoides, sum., grh. 

 cl., bl. wh. 



noribumlurn, smaller 

 Ivs., more flowers. 



foliis-variegatis, Ivs.. 

 blotched creamy wh. 



