rs white, nearly three-fourths of an inch in
diameter.

Sow in a hot-bed in April, and transplant to the open ground in May,
about fourteen inches apart in each direction. Requires a long, warm
season.

LONG RED PEPPER.

[Illustration: Long Red Pepper.]

Fruit brilliant, coral-red, generally pendulous, sometimes erect,
conical, often curved towards the end, nearly four inches in length, and
from an inch to an inch and a half in diameter; skin, or flesh, quite
thin, and exceedingly piquant.

Stalk about two feet high; foliage of medium size, blistered and
wrinkled; flowers an inch in diameter, white.

The variety yields abundantly, but attains its greatest perfection when
started in a hot-bed. The ripe pods, dried and pulverized as directed
for Cayenne Pepper, make an excellent substitute for that article.

The plants, with ripe fruit, are very ornamental.

LONG YELLOW. _Vil._

Pods pendent, long, and tapering, three to four inches in length, and
about an inch in their greatest diameter. At maturity, they assume a
lively, rich, glossy yellow; and the plants are then showy and
ornamental.

Stem two feet and upwards in height, slightly colored with purple at
the intersection of the branches and insertion of the leaf-stems; leaves
of medium size, smaller and paler than those of the Long Red; flowers
white, nearly an inch in diameter. Like the last named, it is very
piquant. It is also late; and, to obtain the variety in perfection, the
seed should be started in a hot-bed in April.

PURPLE OR BLUE PODDED.

Black-podded.

Fruit erect, on long stems, bluntly cone-shaped, two inches and a half
in length, and a half or three-fourths of an inch in diameter at the
broadest part. Before maturity, the skin is green or reddish-green,
clouded or stained with black or purplish-brown; but, when ripe, changes
to rich, deep, indigo-blue.

Plant two feet or upwards in height, more erect and less branched than
other varieties, and much stained with purple at the intersection of the
branches and at the insertion of the leaf-stems; leaves of medium size,
or small, long, and sharply pointed; leaf-stems long, deep-green;
flowers white, tipped with purple, about three-fourths of an inch in
diameter; flower-stems long, purple.

A rare, richly colored, and beautiful pepper, but not cultivated or of
much value as an esculent. For its full perfection, a long, warm season
is requisite. The plants should be started in a hot-