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-> THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Gadadlani—conbtued. i 
; < with red and 
cman sun È vountit oa 
C. Verschaffeltii (Verschaffelt’s).* l somewhat heart-shaped ; 
ground colour aat green, entire surface irregularly spotted 
_ with bright red. Para. oe » S cael 
allisii (Wallis’s). Z. dark olive green, wit ge irregular 
p ee pem ie ia tn of the purest white, and the veins all 
yellowish-white. Para; 1864. 
The following descriptive list of hybrid varieties is, for 
the most part, a selection from Mr. Bull's catalogue, and 
contains all of importance : 
P. = 
hem ground, with broad margin of rich green; BARON DE 
OTHSCHILD, rich blood-red centre, and spots, on mottled green 
leaf-ground ; BARONNE JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD,* young leaves of 
a bright rose colour, the more matured foliage soft rose, with 
red veins ; bright i 
with 
LEYME!,* fine white ps. soe 
green gro! 
th attractive spots; CHELSON!,* 
a ae ee suffused with brilliant red, 
with or ; CLIO, ground colour rose, shaded white, 
green and narrow green in; ANDOLLE,* rich 
green, white centre 
rays; DE HUMBOLDT, 2 fine variety, having n leaves, 
scarlet ; DEVINCK, leaves pink 
centre ribs, interspersed with whi a BOISDUVAL, 
rayed crimson, snow-white oma : 
Dr. LINDLEY,* crimson marked with 
rose blotches ; Duc DE CLEVELAND, surrounded 
ý centre, 
with pen- ,_largel with red; Duc DE MORNY,* deep 
pees leat borders, with large crimson-rayed centre; DUC DE 
NaSSau,* brilliant red centre and ribs, white spot on emerald 
green leaf borders; Duc DE RATIBOR, green ground, with red 
midribs marked with white spots; DUCHARTRE, leaf-ground 
; white, flushed rose, green veins and red spots ; EDOUARD ANDRE, 
= erimson centre, and rose blotches ; EDOUARD MOREAUX, mottled 
green ground, with lake centre; EDOUARD RODRIGUES,* deep 
carmine, margined with light green, and spotted with rose; 
E. G. HENDERSON,* green, with transparent rose spots and mottled 
crimson rays and centre; ELVINA, bright green, blotched with 
red, grey centre and veins; EMILIE VERDIER," leaves of a light 
transparent rose colour, spotted with red; ETOILE D’ARGENT,* 
tgreen, midribs and veins creamy-white, shaded with grey; 
EUCHARIS, rose centre, with violet reflections, margined with 
bright green, very fresh and bright looking; FELICIEN DAVID,* 
centre of leaf dark carmine, surrounded with white and beautifully 
veined with red on a light green ground ; GOLDEN QUEEN, leaves 
rge, pale golden yellow, uniform in colour; GRETRY, carmine 
with white spots on a dark green ground; HELEvy, white 
irked with crimson blotches, on a green ground ; 
mine veins, surrounded by light green, blotched 
marg dark green; IBIS ROSE,* a magni- 
| rich rose-coloured foliage, extremel 
a a á ive; Isp ala rich metallic green, with crimson-re 
bed 5 ns ES DUPLES arigas rose centre, shaded with 
surface blotched X 
surrounded with yello 
with white; LA 
marked with white, and 
se pat e , green Bertin Lonoumaenns * lan 
the leaf blotched i 
l h red and green; MADAME DOMBRAIN,® centre and 
3 ‘Tibs pale yollowish-green, shaded rose, surface covered with ; 
white and ros A ) Te 
White and vena spss: ra e vine ikoma pil ou 
P stricta (upright). jl. brown, spreading in all directions ; panicle 
Caladinm—continued. 
variety ; MADAME HEINE,* silvery white, stained and edged with 
green, distinct ; MADAME HUNNEBELLE, leaves veined with 
ht garnet colour on a white ground, and margined with green 
ve ; MADAME JULES MENOREAU, fine large leaves, with white 
- centre tinted rose, veined rich bright rose, and margined green ; 
MADAME LAFORGE, centre and ribs reddish-crimson, with green 
uc ; MADAME MARJOLIN SCHEFFER,* a beautiful variety, with 
whi bigs je charmingly veined and netted with pure rosy-lake ; 
MADAME WILLAUME, a charming variety, with transparent leaves, 
of a delicate salmon-rose colour ; MARQUIS DE CAUX, red centre | 
and veins, with rose blotches on margins; MARTERSTYGINUM, 
crimson centre and white spots; MERCADANTE, e copper- 
coloured centre and veins, bordered with green; MEYERBEER,* 
white leaf-ground, green veins, and red midribs; MINERVE,* 
silvery white midrib and rays, surrounded with greyish white, 
green margin, with snowy white ts; MITHRIDATE, ground 
colour crimson-lake, with darker ribs, and dark bronze-green 
margin; MONSIEUR A. HARDY, rich reddish-carmine veins on 
white ground, tinted with rose and spotted with green; Mon- 
SIEUR J. LINDEN,* a fine e whitish leaf, with metallic reflec- 
tions, coral-rose veins, and reticulated green border; Mrs. 
LAING,* white ground, deep rose centre and vein: ga 
margin; MURILLO,* centre and veins metallic-red, wit rge- 
crimson blotches, broad margin of lustrous bronzy-green ; 
NAPOLEON III.,* flamed crimson centre, with forked rays, and car- 
mine spots on green ground ; ONSLOW, deep rosy-crimson centre, F 
with broad green margin, spotted with rose; PAILLET, crimson a 
centre, broad green margin, splashed with crimson, and dotted with 
white; PAUL VERONESSE, large leaves, with pinkish-white centre, 
deep scarlet ribs, and broad green margin; PHILIPPE HERBERT, 
deep mottled crimson rays, and clear white margin, spotted 
with crimson; PicruM, green blotched, and spotted with white; 
PRINCE ALBERT,* dark emerald green, rick crimson munh, 
colour bright orange-yellow, the veins suffused with deep red; 
PRINCESS 
crimson, peegron 
with white; REGA silvery grey € 
“ae vermilion-red A NE Ma ay DE Gates violsoge —~ 
centre, with dark maroon zone, and green border, 
handsome ; REINE VICTORIA green veins and : 
f or 
marbled with white and rich crimson ; ROSSINI, large leaf, with 
pale centre, pink midribs, and red blotches ; ROUILLARD, glossy 
green margin, pale green centre, midrib and rays rich violet-plum, 
the whole leaf spotted crimson; SANCHONIANTHON, crimson 
centre, deep glossy crimson ribs, and pea-green margin ; SIEBOLDH, 
rich green, with fiery-red crimson-rayed centre, green spaces, 
spotted with claret ; SOUVENIR DE MADAME E. ANDRE,* large 
deep green Jeaves, marbled with pure white, veins fine ros: 
crimson ; SPONTINI, pea-green, with white spots, and rosy-pin 
ribs and veins; THIBAUTH, fine large leaf, with rich crimson veins 
on a red ground; TRICOLOR, edges of leaves grey-green, inter- 
sected with dark green, centre red-lake, carmine midribs; 
TRIOMPHE DE L’ EXPOSITION,* crimson centre, with red ribs, and 
green border ; VERDI, crimson-lake centre with small green zone 
and apple-green margin ; VESTA, greenish-white vei ded 
with crimson, the whole of the leaf spotted 
COMTESSE DE LA ROQUE-ORDAN, red midrib, and rays 
with white, the margin beautiful emerald Lt ag vi 
MULHOUSE, a beautiful variety, with greenish-white leaves, 5! 
rose, and rich green centre; VIRGINALE,* clear shining ` 
veined with dark bluish-green, a handsome variety- 
CALAIS. See Microseris. 
CALAMAGROSTIS (from cí 
tis, grass). ORD. Gramineew. An e7 
for the most part hardy. Panici 
spikelets compressed, one- 
equal, lanceolate, pointed, 
any ordinary garden soil. 
auien satel asie spreading in all directi 
‘ ’ ES r directio) $ 
C. lanceolata (lancoo ite), iioi. July. “Ontns about tt. 
igh, smooth, slender. Britain (moist woods and hedges). (Sy. 
Seeds may be sown during 
CALAMANDER WOOD. See Diospyros que- 
sita. rs 
CALAMINT. See Calamintha. piel oe 
(from kalos, beautiful, and mir ha, 
mint). Calamint. ORD. Labiate. A genus of hardy 
