130 IMPATIENS 



Impa'tiens — continued. 



Garden Balsam, however, is quite a different plant 



and a most desirable "bedder." 



/. coccin'ea. See I. balsamina. 



I. crista'ta. Height 2 ft. Yellow flowers. 



/. glanduli'fera. The common Balsam, 4 or 5 ft. 

 high. Numerous flowers, varying from white 

 to rose. 



/. longicor^nu. Similar in habit, but yellow and 

 brown underneath and rose above. India, 

 1830. 



/. Roy'lei is not so tall, and has deep rose flowers. 



/. balsami'na, Garden Balsam, also called in the 

 United States Ladies Slipper. 



This is a beautiful flower, often seen in the 

 greenhouse, and effective in summer and autumn if 

 planted out in beds in the open. It must be 

 treated as a half-hardy annual and placed in a 

 warm sunny position in rich soil. The rosette-like 

 flowers of many colours and shades grow on the 

 main stem on very short stalks, hence one garden 

 strain is called camellia-flowered. The cultivation 

 is a very simple process. The type plant has 

 scarlet flowers, grows 2 ft., and was introduced 

 from tropical Asia. Syn., Impatiens coccinea. 

 The following are garden strains : — 



Double Camelliaflowered Balsam. Large and very 

 double ; blooms of numerous colours, from 

 white to dark crimson. It varies in height 

 from 18 to 9 ins. 



