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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CALLISTEPHUS. 



number inhabit mountain valleys, and 

 ascend to an elevation of from 13,000 to 

 14,000 ft. in South America, where they 

 enjoy a temperate climate. 



C. alba. — A lovely sub-shrubby species 

 from Chili growing 3 to 4 ft. high, with 

 clusters of snowy white flowers. 



C. amplexicaulis. — A fine kind with 

 soft green leaves clasping the stem and 

 many lemon-yellow flowers. Owing to its 

 tall habit it groups well with various plants, 

 and it is handsome in the flower garden 

 in autumn. Ecuador. 



C. hyssopifolia.— One of the best of 

 the dwarf kinds, bearing loose clusters 

 of lemon-yellow blossoms from early 

 summer till autumn, the foliage resem- 

 bling that of Hyssop. Ecuador. 



C. Kellyana. — A curious hardy hybrid, 

 with short downy stems, 6 to 9 in. high, 

 flowers about an inch across, yellow with 

 numerous small brown dots top of the 

 stems. Its foliage resembles a Mimulus, 

 creeping along the ground, and it is a 

 very interesting dwarf rock-garden plant. 



C. Pavonii. — A noble kind, from 2 to 

 4 ft. high, with large light-green, much- 

 wrinkled foliage, bearing large, pale- 

 yellow, slipper-shaped blossoms. It is a 

 fine object against a warm south wall, 

 but at the approach of winter it should 

 either be lifted or protected. Peru. 



C. violacea.— A distinct kind, with 

 small helmet-shaped flowers, rich purple 

 and spotted ; succeeds well on warm 

 borders or the rock-garden, and, if slightly 

 protected, withstands mild winters in the 

 south. Chili. 



Calendula officinalis {Pot Marigold). — 

 A hardy biennial ; one of the best for 

 autumn and winter flowering. The petals 

 were formerly used to flavour dishes in 

 old English cookery, hence its name. 

 For late blooming, seed should be sown in 

 July. The plants sow themselves freely, 

 and may be sown in the open ground 

 either in spring or autumn. There are 

 now pretty varieties, single and double. 



CALLA {Bog Ar-um). — C.palustris is a 

 small hardy trailing Arum, with white 

 spathes. Flowering in summer, and in- 

 creasing rapidly by its running stems. 

 For moist spongy spots near the rock- 

 garden, or by the side of a rill, it is one 

 of the best plants, but its beauty is best 

 seen when it is allowed to ramble over 

 rich muddy soil. N. America and N. 

 Euro))e. 



Callichroa. .See Lavia. 



Calliopsis. See COREOP.SIS. 



Calliprora. .See Brodi.«a. 



CALLIRHOE i Poppy Mallozv). — 

 Handsome North American plants, of 



the Mallow order, of which some half- 

 dozen kinds are known in our gardens. 

 They are hardy herbaceous perennials, 

 and succeed well in the open border in 

 rich light soil. 



C. alcseoides is an erect herbaceous 

 perennial, with the habit of a Malva, 

 the flowers from i inch to i^ inches in 

 diameter. Kentucky and Tennessee. 



C. digitata.— A distinct glaucous 

 perennial herb, 2 or 3 ft. high, with red 

 dish-purple flowers in summer ; it is not 

 so showy as the other kinds. 



C. involucrata.— A dwarf perennial, 

 with large violet-crimson flowers 2 in. in 

 diameter. It is excellent for the rock- 

 garden, bearing a continuous crop of 

 showy blossoms from early summer till 

 late in autumn. It has the best effect 

 when allowed to fall over the ledge of a 

 rock. California. 



C. macrorhiza alba is a pure white 

 form of a kind with purplish-carmine 

 flowers, and erect stems, from i^ to 2^ ft. 

 high, with a raceme of flowers. There are 

 several shades of colour in the species, 

 from rosy-purple to pale rose ; sown early 

 they will bloom the first year. N. 

 America. 



C. Papaver has a trailing habit, and 

 flowers incessantly from early summer 

 until late autumn. The flowers are a 

 bright purple-red, as large and somewhat 

 resembling those of our common field 

 Poppy. 



C. pedata. — A perennial, with trailing 

 stems bearing handsome crimson flowers, 

 2 in. in diameter ; sown early the plants 

 bloom the first season, and flower until 

 late in autumn, and in dry soils the roots 

 survive our average winters. The varieties 

 7tana and conipacta are pretty dwarf 

 varieties. 



CALLISTEMON SALIGNUS. - 

 There are two forms of this Bottle-brush 

 shrub, one bearing pale yellow flowers 

 and the other crimson. Others are C. 

 hmceolatus., carmine, and C. speciosus. 

 These grow well as bushes, some of the 

 the first sometimes 10 feet and as much 

 in diameter. These plants thrive in Devon 

 and Cornwall, and in the milder seashore 

 districts. Australia. 



CALLISTEPHUS {China Aster).— 

 Among the many annuals now in cuhiva- 

 tion China Asters {C. cJiinensis) are among 

 the best, and when well grown and cared 

 for they do as much to adorn a garden 

 during summer and autumn as any 

 annual plant. To see them in their beauty, 

 howe\cr, they must be grown in masses, 

 and well cultivated — not at any stage left 

 to haphazard or poor culture. It will also 



