78 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



Stems require no support, unless the plants are to be carried 

 out, in which case they require a stake to every stem. The 

 soil should be light rich loam, well drained. C. integrifoUa^ 

 and its varieties angustifolia and viscosissima, are brilliant 

 flower-garden dwarf shrubby plants, bearing large masses of 

 yellow blossoms from May throughput the summer. The 

 florist's varieties are very numerous, and are constantly un- 

 dergoing change and improvement. 



C. alba (white) ; greenhouse evergreen sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers white, in June; Chili; 1844. C. ainplexicatilis (stem- 

 clasping) ; greenhouse perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in 

 June ; Peru ; 1845, C. arachnoidea (cobwebbed) ; greenhouse 

 perennial ; i foot ; flowers purple, in June ; Chili ; 1827. C. 

 bicolor (two-colored) ; greenhouse evergreen sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers yellow, in August ; Peru ; 1829. C. corymbosa (corymb- 

 flowered) ; greenhouse perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers yellow, in 

 May ; Chili ; 1822. C. creiiatiflora (crenate) ; greenhouse per- 

 ennial ; 18 inches ; flowers yellow-spotted, in June ; Chili ; 

 1 83 1. C. integrifolia (entire-leaved) ; greenhouse or half-hardy 

 evergreen shrub ; 18 inches ; flowers deep yellow, all summer ; 

 Chili ; 1822. The variety angustifolia has pale flowers : viscos- 

 sissima is much deeper colored. C. piimata (pinnate) ; half- 

 hardy annual; 2 feet; flowers yellow, in July; Peru; 1773. 

 C. purp2irca (purple) ; greenhouse perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 purple, in July; Chili; 1827. C. thyrsijlora (thyrse-flowered) ; 

 greenhouse evergreen shrub; 18 inches; flowers yellow, in 

 July; Chili; 1827. Cviolaceos (violet); greenhouse evergreen 

 sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers violet, in June ; Chili ; 1852. 



The shrubby varieties General Outram, Queen of Oude, 

 Kentish Hero, Etna, Little Dorrit, Prince of Orange, Prin- 

 cess Helena, Rubens, General Havelock, Nobey, Ambas- 

 sador, Beauty of Montreal, Queen, and Victor Emmanuel, 

 do well as bedding plants. 



Calendula. Marigold. [Compositae.] Showy hardy or 

 half-hardy annuals and greenhouse shrubs. The hardy an- 



