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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



SOLANUM. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx not falling off; 

 corolla rotate or bell-shaped, five-lobed and plaited ; anthers in 

 some degree united, opening by a double pore at the end ; berry 

 two-celled, many-seeded. 



The name is of doubtful origin. This genus is not often 

 introduced into the garden, as there are no very particularly 

 handsome species; it contains the Potato, the Egg-plant, 

 and the Love-apple. There are however a few introduced 

 into the greenhouse, among which the Egg-plant, S. ovi- 

 gerum y is sometimes grown as a curiosity, and it is rather 

 ornamental when it produces its white egg-shaped fruit. 

 These plants are raised from seed sown in March, placed in 

 a hotbed, and when large enough potted singly, and this 

 repeated as they increase in size; when they show flower 

 they should receive a good supply of water, and when the 

 fruit is set, they may be placed near the glass in the green- 

 house. S, crispum and jasminoides are also recommended. 

 The Love-apple is now called Ly coper sicum esculentum. 



PHYSALIS. (Winter Cherry.) 

 Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx inflated; corolla 



