THE 
HORTICULTURAL REGISTER. 
November 1st, 1832. 
PART I. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
HORTICULTURE. 
ARTICLE L 
THE TREATMENT OF THE CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS. 
BY MR. JOHN WOOLIEY. 
Gardener to the Marquis of Stafford, Treniham. 
I AM induced from the request of your correspondent " Sage," to send 
the following account of my method of treating the Capsicum frutes- 
cens. In Fehruary, or early in March, I sow the seeds in pots of 
rich mould, and place them in a hot-bed. When- the plants are 
about three inches high, I plant them in pots of four inches diameter, 
three or four in a pot, and again place them in the hot-bed, until 
they are about nine inches high, when I repot them in pots six 
inches in diameter. I then place them in the stove until they have 
established themselves, when I again shift them into pots of nine 
inches diameter, they are then placed in a hot part of the stove ex- 
posed to as much light as possible ; in this situation they will fruit 
freely. In the autumn I place them in a cool house, having about 
the temperature of 55 degrees, here they are allowed to remain in a 
dormant state until February, when they are repotted in pots of 12 
inches diameter, and treated as before described; in the second sea- 
son they will be found to fruit very abundantly. 
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