THE CALCEOLARIA. 



draw the block up and fasten it by tbe wire 

 hook, /.-, to prevent accident co the trapper ; 



h 



Fiff. 19.— CWif'i Mole Trap. 



place the apparatus over the passage of the 

 mole in such a manner that when the block 



falls it will come exactly in the middle of the 

 passage. The ground under the trap in the 

 passage should be taken out, and the bottom 

 levelled, and the sides padded and made hard. 

 The ground taken out should be freed from 

 obstructions, and placed again loose in the 

 passage; but before this is done, the block 

 should be tried if it operates well, and falls 

 right in the passage. Then hang the hook 

 of the latch into a similar hook, projecting 

 upwards from the pedal, so that they may 

 separate upon the slightest touch, by the lift- 

 ing of the ground on either side by the mole, 

 which in an instant brings down the block 

 and pierces the animal through. J. B. 



Nazareth, Pa., June 21, 18.50. 



THE CALCEOLARIA— ITS VARIETIES AND CULTURE. 



BY GEORGE GLEXNV.* 



[As this exceedingly pretty and unique ge- 

 nus is just beginning to attract general atten- 

 tion in the United States, we give the follow- 

 ing article, from the best authority in Eng- 

 land, regarding its culture. To those who 

 cannot get plants, we may remark that num- 

 berless varieties of Calceolarias may be raised 

 from a single paper of the seeds, now to be 

 had of the principal seedsmen ; and there are 

 few more beautiful ornaments to the green- 

 house, from April to mid-summer, than the 

 many varieties so obtained. We have had 

 a number of beautiful specimens sent us in 

 April by that distinguished amateur, Mr. 

 Becar of Brooklyn, N. Y., which have been 

 in bloom for two months or more. Ed.] 



Some species of the Calceolaria have been 

 cultivated for years in the English gardens, 

 ]put their elevation to the dignity of a florist's 

 flower is of comparatively recent date. Messrs. 

 Young and Penny have the doubtful credit 

 of making the first move in hybridizing some 



* From the London llorlieultural Magazine. 



of opposite characters ; and Mr. Clroom made 

 early progress in collecting and selling some 

 of the most remarkable. It is most likely 

 that the work of hybridizing, as it is called, 





Fig. 20. — The Calceolaria. 



was going on simultaneously in several places, 

 for there were many very singular, and, look- 

 ing as we always do at the habit of plants, we 

 may say beautiful varieties, offered about the 

 same period, retaining all the shrubby proper- 

 ties, and possessing many brilliant colours. 



