166 SENECIO SOLAN UM PSEUDO-CAPSICUM. 



It may be grown in vases of water or in vials 

 suspended behind pictures or mirrors, but much 

 more rapidly and luxuriantly in soil. Its foliage is 

 very tender and it should be handled without 

 touching its leaves. It thrives best in partial shade 

 and should not have the noon-day sun. Insects 

 never trouble it. 



Senecio Macroglossis, & variety coming into use, much more re- 

 sembles the English Ivy than Senecio Scandens, in the leaves hav- 

 ing a darker green, and similar texture, thickness, conspicuous 

 veins and mid-rib. 



SOLANUM PSEUDO-CAPSICUM. 



(JERUSALEM CHERRY.) 



The derivation of the word Solanum is uncer- 

 tain. The genus includes a great number of widely 

 different species, some dangerously poisonous, as 

 the deadly Nightshade, others exceedingly valuable 

 as the common potato, Solanum tuberosaum, dis- 

 covered in Peru, in 1597, which although it now 

 constitutes a large portion of the food of civilized 

 man, was very little known until the 17th century, 

 and has been extensively cultivated only within the 

 last hundred years. The Jerusalem Cherry was 

 introduced from Madeira nearly three centuries ago 

 and was seen in every collection of plants. It was 

 highly valued for its beautiful glossy-green foliage, 

 and brilliant cherry-like fruit, but has lost its for- 

 mer popularity. In England, where much atten- 



