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CALIPHURIA. [Amaryllidaceae.] Pretty bulbous plants, 

 requiring a greenhouse or warm pit, sandy loam and peat 

 compost, and increased by offsets. 



CALLA. See PticHARDiA. 



CALLIANDRA. [Leguminosae, § Mimosae.] Beautiful 

 stove evergi'een shrubs, with elegant pinnated foliage. Soil, 

 loam and peat. Increased by cuttings in sand. The best 

 are C. Harrisii, rose colour; C. Houstoni, pui'ple ; C. iml- 

 cherrima, scarlet; C. Tweediei, crimson. 



CALLICHPtOA. [Compositae.] A dwarf hardy annual. 

 It grows in common garden soil, and is increased by seeds, 

 which should be sown in March and April. 



CALLICOMA. [Cunoniaceae.] A liandsome greenhouse 

 evergreen shrub. Soil, sandy peat. Propagated by cuttings 

 in sand under a bell-glass. 



CALLIOPSIS. [Compositae.] Extremely showy hardy 

 annuals, formerly known as Coreojms. They may be sown in 

 gentle heat to forward them, pricked out five or six in a pot, 

 and kept growing in the house until the middle of May, when 

 the balls of earth may be turned out whole, the plants being 

 undisturbed ; but it is better to sow in the open border. 

 When sown thus it must be in April, and these will come 

 into flower in July, a month after those turned out of pots 

 in a forward state. This flower ought, of course, to be 

 planted behind shorter things, about even with Sweet Peas, 

 branching Larkspurs, and things of similar growth. It 

 does not make a bad appearance mixed with branching 

 Larkspurs on large borders, for both show only their flowers, 

 the stems of neither being large enough to interfere with 

 their abundant bloom, and the beautiful blue of the one 

 contrasting well with the orange-yellow, black-eyed flowers of 

 the other. 



CALLIPRORA. [Liliacece.] Pretty little hardy bulbous 

 plants, that should be planted in a sheltered peat border. 

 Increased by offsets. 



CALLIPSYCHE. [Amaryllidaceae.] Handsome green- 

 house bulbs. Soil, light rich loam. Increased by offsets. 



CALLISTACHYS. [Leguminosae, § Papilionaceae.] Large 

 and somewhat coarse evergreen greenhouse shrubs, with 

 showy bunches of yellow, butterfly-shaped flowers. They are 



