It has been considered as a greenhouse plant, and a perennial; we find it to be more hardy than greenhouse plants in general, and scarcely entitled to the distinction of a perennial. It may be increased by cuttings and seeds, the latter of which are plentifully produced. It rarely exceeds a foot in height; its rose-coloured flowers expand during the whole of the day, and are produced during most of the Summer months. To guard against accidental severity of weather, sow its seeds in the Spring with tender annuals; when the plants have acquired a proper age and the season is favourable, plant them out singly in the open border. [348] CALCEOLARIA FOTHERGILLII. FOTHERGILL'S SLIPPER-WORT. _Class and Order._ DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. _Generic Character._ _Corolla_ ringens inflata. _Capsula_ 2-locularis, 2 valvis. _Calyx_ 4-partitus æqualis. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ CALCEOLARIA _Fothergillii_ foliis spathulatis integerrimis, pedunculis scapiformibus unifloris. _Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 30. tab. 1. Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 13. Gmel. p. 39._ [Illustration: _N^o. 348_] To this species of Calceolaria the trivial name of _Fothergillii_ has been given in honour of Dr. JOHN FOTHERGILL, who introduced it in 1777 with several other rare plants from Falkland-Islands, where it is a native. In the _Hortus Kewensis_ of Mr. AITON it was first figured, and minutely described. This plant of great singularity and beauty particularly merits a place in the collections of the curious; its principal flowering season is in May, but it will often blossom much later in the Summer. It is not to be had in perfection, nor even preserved, without great attention, joined to a peculiar treatment; several times it has been nearly lost from this country. Mr. AITON makes it a biennial greenhouse plant; it, no doubt, is one of those plants which are liable to be killed in very severe weather, and therefore it is necessary to keep a pot of it at least, during the Winter, either in the greenhouse or a well-secured frame; but the plant will be found to succeed best in the open ground, provided it be planted in bog-earth, in a situation that is moist and moderately shady; with us it has proved perfectly perennial. With care it can be propagated by layers and cuttings, but with most certainty in the former mode; possibly it may be raised from seeds, they ripen here, but are as fine as dust. [349] SOLANUM LACINIATUM. CUT-LEAV'D NIGHTSHADE. _Class and Order._ PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. _Generic Character._ _Corolla_ rotata. _Antheræ_ subcoalitæ, apice poro gemino dehiscentes. _Bacca_ 2-locularis. _Specific Character and Synonyms._ SOLANUM _laciniatum_ caule fruticoso inermi glaberrimo, foliis pinnatifidis: laciniis lanceolatis acutis, paniculis axillaribus binis ternisve. _Ait. Hort. Kew. v. 1. p. 247._ [Illustration: _N^o. 349_]