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CAPSICUM USTU LATUM. 
the bed for the suppression of steam. As soon as the plants have perfected their 
seed-leaves, they should be planted singly into small pots, and these pots again 
immersed in the hot-bed, keeping them as near as convenient to the glass through- 
out the whole period of their growth, and shifting them frequently and by slow 
degrees till they arrive at a fruiting state. 
The soil used for potting should be a light loam, greatly enriched with decayed 
manure ; and thouglf they will grow tolerably well if placed on the flue of a vinery 
or other forcing-house, they thrive much better when supplied with a gentle 
bottom-heat by being plunged in bark or other fermenting material. In either 
case, a liberal supply of water is necessary, though much less so in the latter. 
The house, pit, or frame in which they are kept, should always be maintained 
at a temperature not lower than 65 degrees Fahrenheit, and as little above this as 
circumstances will permit ; but a humid atmosphere is indispensable, and they will 
be much improved by frequent syringing, particularly when the temperature is 
usually higher than the above ratio, as they are very liable to the attacks of the 
red spider. These observations, however, apply only to the plants which have not 
matured their fruit, for after this period of their existence, they will continue 
healthy a much longer time in a lower temperature. 
Used as an ingredient in pickles, this is decidedly the most valuable species 
with which we are acquainted, the pods having an unusual spicy and pungent 
flavour, but very agreeable when employed sparingly. 
Our drawing was taken at Chatsworth in the autumn of last year, and we have 
cultivated it extensively both for culinary and ornamental purposes during the 
present season. 
The generic name is derived from kapto, to bite, in allusion to the pungent 
qualities of the fruit of the species. 
The specific appellation refers also to the remarkably hot and burning qualities 
of the fruit, and when thus superadded to the generic, implies that this species 
possesses these properties in an extraordinary degree. We received it under the 
name of " True Chili Capsicum." 
