SOLANUM PSEUDO-CAPSICUM. 



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tion is paid to table decoration, plants with bright 

 berries are in great demand, and much more care 

 is given to its cultivation than with us. 



SOIL, GENERAL TREATMENT AND VARIETIES. 



The plant thrives best in sandy loam, enriched 

 with well rotted manure. 



It requires a moderate supply of water, with 

 plenty of sun and air, and is not particular as to 

 temperature. 



They are increased by seed, or by cuttings root- 

 ed in sand under glass. Seed should be sown in 

 pots in April, and transplanted to the open ground 

 in a rich soil and sunny location, as soon as the 

 weather is warm enough. If they thrive they will 

 be in fruit the next winter. Pot them before frost, 

 carefully water and shade a few days, and place 

 them in a sunny window. They require only ordi- 

 nary care. 



Solatium Ciliatum, a species from Porto Rico, superior to all 

 others as a table ornament. It has beautiful dark green, glossy 

 foliage, prickly stems, and bears a profusion of large, brilliant, 

 scarlet berries having a delicate bloom ; height eighteen inches. 



S. Hybridum Herdesnoii, a variety with freely branched growth 

 12 to iS inches in height, with small green leaves and creamy white 

 blossoms, succeeded by a profusion of erect cone-shaped fruit of a 

 brilliant orange color. 



S. Jasmhicides, a pretty climber, with dark green foliage and 

 white flowers in large clusters ; leaves variegated with white, the 

 edges having a purple tint ; a rampant grower ; fine around a 

 window or to cover a trellis. Will bloom all winter. 



Sr Pseudo-Capsicum Var. t leaves bordered with creamy white. 



