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ARBORETUM AND riiUTICETUM. 



TAUT 111 



many-flowered, terminal, all the parts 

 powdery. Bracteas none. Calyx short, 

 5-toothed. Corolla middle-sized, of a 

 bluish lead-colour. Anthers equal, yel- 

 low . (Limi/.) A native oi' Chiloe, in waste 

 places and hedges. Introduced by Mr. 

 Anderson, collector to Mr. Lowe of the 

 ClaptOQ Nursery, in 1830. It is a hardy 

 vigorous-growing plant, of a much more 

 ligneous character than S. Dulcamara, 

 subevergreen, and covered with flowers 

 nearly the whole summer. A plant in the 

 Horticultural Society's Garden attained 

 the height of 10 ft., against a wall, in 3 

 j cars ; and its stem is between 3 in. and 

 4 in. in diameter: one in the Clapton 

 Nursery is still larger. As this species 

 will grow in any soil, and is readily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, it promises to be 

 of great value as an ornamental climber, for rapidly covering 



naked 



walls. Dr. Lindley observes that, " if tied to a stake, and thus forced 

 to grow erect, it will throw out a great number of lateral branchlets, at the 

 end of every one of which is a bunch of flowers. It this state it was ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Lowe of Clapton, at a meeting of the Horticultural Society, 

 in April, 1832, and was greatly admired." (Bot. Reg., 1. 1516.) It is readily 

 propagated by cuttings, and promises to be a most valuable shrub for 

 covering naked walls, or varying ruins or rockwork. The smooth shining 

 green of its leaves, which are seldom eaten by insects, and the profusion of 

 its flowers, which are bluish, render it highly ornamental. 



4. S. bonarie'nse L. 



identification. Lin. 8p., No. 2f>4., exclusive of the syn. of Plum. 



Kith., |>. 2b*. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 429. 

 Engravings. Dill. Elth.,p. 2%. t. C 2T2. f. 351.; and our fig. 1106. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Shrubby, almost un- 

 armed. Leaves ovate-oblong sinu- 

 ately repanded, smoothish. Racemes c 

 corymbose, lateral, or extrafoliaceous. \ 

 Stem green, prickly at the base ; adult 

 stems unarmed. Leaves sometimes 

 entire, rarely prickly. Corymbs large. 

 Calyx 4 — 5-cleft. Segments subu- 

 late. Corolla large, white, downy 

 outside. Berry globose, ? yellow, 

 4-celled, size of a small pea. Root 

 creeping. [Don's Mill., iv. p. 429.) 

 A shrub, a native of Buenos Ayres, 

 when; it grows from Oft. to 10 ft. in 

 height, flowering from June to Sep- 

 tember. It was introduced in I7'^7; 

 has Stood against the wall for 50 jears, 



The Buenos Ayres Nightshade. 



Dun. Sol., 108., Syn , p. 34. ; Dill. 



;ind a plant in the Chelsea Garden 

 and is now 8 ft. high. 



A pp. i. Half-hardy ligneous orfrulicosc Sj)ccics of Solatium. 



Dunal, Hot. Reg., 1. 140., is a native of South America, with blue flowers, 



which arc produced from April to September, it was introduced in 1816, and, at first, treated as a 



house plant ; but a specimen planted against the wall in the Horticultural Society's Garden, 



ndflowei freely every year. It belongs to the section Dulcamara, of which 



varieties indigenous to almost every part or the world, which arc, 



in all probability, hall-hardy or hardy. There arc several shrubby sorts, unnamed, from Valparaiso, 



• mil everal rean In the Chelsea Botanic Garden ; and a number of names in the 

 ration in our llnrhm orUannicut i em to indicate thai the plants mighi be tried in the open 



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