CALCEOLARIA. 
Propagation and cultivation given under 
Palms, general details of culture. 
C. adspersus. A very thin-stemmed kind, 
with small pinnate leaves. It is well 
adapted for use where larger sorts would 
not be admissible. It comes from Java. 
C. ciliaris, A thin-stemmed species, 
with a distinct habit of growth ; remark- 
ably pretty whilst in a young state. From 
India. 
C. fissus. This is particularly handsome 
while in a small state ; the pinnate leaves 
are very distinct in appearance. It comes 
from India. 
C. Verschaffeltit. A handsome and dis- 
tinct-looking species that attains a medium 
size. From Madagascar. 
CALCEOLARIA. 
There are two sections of these pretty, 
free-flowering greenhouse plants, repre- 
sented by the herbaceous and the shrubby 
kinds: the former bear much the most 
showy flowers, the latter give a longer 
succession of bloom. The original species 
from which both have been raised came 
from Chili and Peru. Both can be ob- 
tained from either seeds or cuttings ; the 
herbaceous kinds have been so much im- 
proved in recent years that a good strain 
of seed may be relied on, to afford flowers 
sufficiently attractive in form and colour. 
The seeds should be sown about the end 
of July in shallow pans, drained and filled 
with finely-sifted’ loam, to which one-fifth 
of leaf mould and a little sand has been 
added. Press the surface smooth and 
water to fill up the interstices, otherwise 
the seed, being very small, will be lable 
to get too deep. Allow a day for the soil 
to dry a little, and then sow the seed, but 
not too thickly. Cover the seed very 
slightly, stand in a frame or greenhouse, 
and shade the surface of the pans from the 
sun so as to avoid the necessity of giving 
much more water until the seedlings are 
up. Immediately they appear keep close 
to the glass, shading when the sun comes 
on them, and giving sufficient water to 
keep the soil fairly moist. Give some air 
in the day-time and keep the atmosphere 
moderately moist. When they are large 
enough prick them off two inches apart in 
pans, or boxes, in soil lke that in which 
the seed was sown, and treat as before, 
with the exception that the sun’s waning 
influence will make further shading un- 
necessary. When the leaves are about an 
inch long, move singly into 3 or 4 inch 
pots; keep them growing through the 
winter, and for this purpose a night tem- 
perature of about 45° will be sufficient. 
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Give air daily in mild weather, and stand 
the pots on a moist bottom, as the plants do 
not like an over-dry atmosphere. Never 
allow the soil to get dry. About the end 
of February or the beginning of March 
move them into 8-inch pots, using the soil 
a little more lumpy and with one-sixth of 
rotten manure in addition to the leaf 
mould and sand as before. With the in- 
crease of warmth on sunny days give a 
little more air, but draughts must be 
avoided, or the leaves will be injured. 
Keep the night temperature about the same 
as hitherto. They will now move fast, and 
if itis thought desirable to grow some of 
the stock large, in six weeks move the 
strongest into 12 or 13 inch pots; but for 
ordinary decorative use the 8-inch pots 
will be big enough. A thin shade should 
now be used in the day in bright weather, 
and the plants dewed overhead with the 
syringe each afternoon at closing time. As 
the roots get well hold of the soil give 
manure-water once or twice a week. 
Calceolarias are gross feeders and like 
liquid stimulants. Continue to treat in 
this way, and put a thin stick to each 
flower-spike as it gets long enough to re- 
quire support ; keep on shading when the 
bloom is open, during which time give 
more air. When the flowering is over such 
of the best varieties as are considered worth 
saving seed from must be well attended to 
until it is ripe, when they may be dis- 
carded, and a fresh lot raised from seed. 
Where the shrubby kinds are raised 
from seed the treatment should be similar 
to that which has been described for the 
herbaceous varieties, except that, being less 
vigorous growers, they do not need so 
much root-room the first year as advised 
for the largest of the herbaceous sorts. 
Cuttings may be put in at any time during 
the spring or autumn—about March will 
usually be the best. Take the young side 
shoots whilst the wood is soft and they 
consist of about three joints; remove the 
lowest pair of leaves, and put four or five 
together in 6-inch pots filled with sand. 
Keep quite moist, moderately close, and 
shaded in a temperature of about 50°. They 
will reot in two or three weeks, when give 
more air, and move singly into 4-inch pots 
drained and filled with soil similar to that 
advised for the herbaceous kinds. The 
after treatment will also be similar except 
that when the plants begin to move freely 
the leading shoots should be stopped to 
cause them to grow bushy; when the 
shoots thus induced to break are large 
enough, each should be tied out to a small 
stick. As soon as the soil is moderately 
filled with roots, move the plants into 
