ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
annually in light soil in temp. of 75° in spring, grow seedlings on 
in pots in heat till May, then harden for planting out in Junc. 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED SPECIES: §. tuberosum (Potato), white, violet, etc., sum- 
mer, S. America. First intro. 1597. Perennial. 
FRUIT-BEARING SPECIES: 8. Melongena (Aubergine or Egg Plant), flowers 
blue, summer, 2 to 3 ft., fruit egg-shaped, white, yellow, or purple, Tropics. Annual. 
BERRY-BEARING SPECIES: 8. capsicastrum (Star Capsicum; Jerusalem or 
Winter Cherry), flowers white, summer, berries scarlet, winter, 1 to 2 ft., 
Brazil ; capsicastrum (or pseudo-capsicum) Weatherillii, berries oval, and orange- 
coloured. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. 
CLIMBING SPECIES: S. jasminoides (Jasmine Nightshade), blue and white, 
summer, 15 to-20 ft., Brazil; jasminoides floribundum, free-flowering form; Wend- 
landii, lilac and blue, summer, 10 ft., Costa Rica. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. 
SHRUBBY SPECIES: S. crispum (Potato Tree), blue and purple, summer, 10 to 
15 ft., Chili. Hardy deciduous shrub. 
ORNAMENTAL-LEAVED SPECIES: S. atropurpureum, stems purplish, midriks 
white, leaves prickly, Brazil; marginatum, stems woolly and prickly, leaves prickly, 
white beneath, green above and margined with white; robustum, stems woolly, 
leaves velvety above, woolly beneath and spiny, Brazil; Warscewiczii, stems red, 
hairy and prickly, leaves green, midribs prickly, 8. America. Perennials, but best 
grown as half-hardy annuals. 
Soldanella (Blue Moon-wort).—Ord. Primulaceew. Hardy perecn- 
nial herbs. First introduced 1656. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts peat & loam & sharp sand. Posi- 
tion, sheltered open moist rockery. Plant, March or April. Mulch 
surface of soil in dry weather with layer of cocoanut-fibre refuse. 
Propagate by seeds sown in well-drained pans filled with equal parts 
sandy loam, peat, & sand, & lightly covered with fine soil placed in a 
joe) frame, March or April; division of plants in March or 
April. 
EPROIES CULTIVATED: S. alpina, blue, April and May, 3 in., Alps; alpina 
‘alba, white; alpina pyrolafolia, flowers more freely than the species; hybrida, 
blue, April, 2 in., hybrid; minima, lilac and purple, April, 2 in., Europe; montana, 
purple, April, 3 in., E. Europe; pusilla, blue, April, 2 in., Alps. 
Solidago (Golden Rod).—Ord. Composite. Hardy herbaceous 
perennials. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny or shady borders or 
banks or margins of water. Plant Oct. to April. Lift, divide, & 
replant every 3 or 4 years. eee by division of roots, Oct. to 
April; seeds sown outdoors in April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: S. canadensis, yellow, Aug., 4 to 6 ft., N. America; 
Drummondii, yellow, summer, 2 to 3 ft., N. America; lanceolata, yellow, Sept., 
4 to 6 ft., N. America; virgaurea (Common Golden Rod), yellow, Aug., 2 to 3 ft., 
Europe (Britain). 
Sollya (Australian Bluebell Creeper). — Ord. Pittosporacee. 
Greenhouse evergreen twining shrubs. First introduced 1830, 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts peat, one part turfy loam & half a 
part silver sand. Position, well-drained pots or beds with shoots’ 
trained to wire trellis or up rafters or pillars. Pot, Feb. or March. 
Water freely, April to Sept.; moderately afterwards. Syringe daily, 
April to Aug. Shade not necessary. Temp., March to Sept. 55° 
to 65°; Sept. to March 40° to 50°. Propagate by cuttings of shoots 
inserted in sand under bell-glass in temp. 65° to 75° in spring or 
summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: S. heterophylla, blue, July, 4 to 6 ft., Australia. 
Solomon’s Seal! (Polygonatum officinalis).—See Polygonatum. 
Sonerila.—Ord. Melastomacee. Stove perennials. Flowering 
& orn. foliage. First introduced 1848. Leaves, ovate or lanceolute, 
green, or spotted with silvery white. 
Compost, equal parts fibry peat, chopped sphagnum, charcoal, J 
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