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S, green leaf-ground, densely speckled with white, 

 ■ed midribs ; Adolphe Audrie.n,* a very attractive 



Caladiiun — continued. 

 C. sub-rotundum (half-round). I. roundish, spotted ^vith red and 



white. Brazil. 1858. 

 C. Verschaffeltii (Verschaffelt's).* I. somewhat heart-shaped ; 



giound colour brilliant green, entire surface irregularly spotted 



with brit,'ht red. Para. 

 C. WaUisii (Wallis's). I. dark olive green, with large irregular 



shaped spots and blotches of the purest white, and the veins all 



yellowish-white. Para, 1864. 



The following descriptive list of hybrid varieties is, for 

 the most part, a selection from Mr. Bull's catalogue, and 

 contains all of importance : 



Adolphe Adams, 



and rose-coloured i . . 



variety, with tine large richly-coloured foliage ; Agrippine 

 DiMiTRY, leaves large, with white ground, narrow green margin 

 and veins, and pink centre; Alcibiade,* crimson-i-ayed centre, 

 surrounded ^vith pale green, and blotched with pure white, green 

 margin ; Alfred Bleu, leaves rich green, with pure white spots, 

 and flesh-coloured centre ; Alfred jMame,* carmine-red, bor- 

 dered with white, and profusely spotted with rose; Ai-PHand, 

 green, spotted with red, crimson centre; Alphonse Kakr, 

 rosy-carmine centre and red spots; Aristide, light green, with 

 crimson centre; Auguste Lemonier,* fine large leaves, with 

 soft green centre, and rosy-crimson ribs and veins; Auguste 

 Biviere, white centre and rays upon a light green gi-ound, with 

 crimson spots ; Barillet,* bright rosy-crimson centre, and ribs on 

 green ground, with broad margin of rich green ; Baron de 

 Rothschild, rich blood-red centre, and spots, on mottled green 

 leaf-^ound; Bakonne James de Rothschild,* young leaves of 

 a bright rose colour, the more matured foliage soft rose, with 

 red veins ; BaRRal, bright green, with a tine red centre, and 

 large spots of rose ; Beethoven,* ground colour white, inter- 

 sected and veined with green, centre rib delicate rose ; Bel- 

 leymei,* fine white variegated leaves; Bellini, mottled pale 

 green giound, with rosy centre and spots ; BlaNQU-erti, dark 

 green, with grey veins and white spots ; Burel, dark bluish- 

 green, veined bright rose, marked with rosy-violet, and spotted 

 orange-red ; Chantinii Fuluens,* rich dark metallic-green, 

 with attractive crimson centre and white spots; Chelso.ni,* 

 bright glossy green, suffused with brilliant red, and blotched 

 with crimson; CLIO, ground colour deep rose, shaded white, 

 green ribs and narrow green margin; De Candolle,* rich 

 green, with beautiful rose-coloured spots and creamy white centre 

 rays; De Humboldt, a tine variety, havmg glossy green leaves, 

 spotted witli scarlet ; Devinck, leaves heart-shaped, delicate pink 

 centre ribs, interspersed with white spots ; Dr. Boisduval, 

 centre rayed crimson, snow-white blotches on a green gi-ound ; 

 Da. Ltndley,* crimson centre, the green ground marked with 

 rose blotches ; Due de Cleveland, deep red centre, surrounded 

 writh pea-green, lara,ely spotted with red ; Due de RIornv,* deep 

 green leaf borders, with large crimson-rayed centre ; Due he 

 Nassau,* brilliant red centre and ribs, white spot on emerald 

 gi-een leaf borders; Due DE Ratibor, green ground, with red 

 midribs marked with white spots ; Duchartre, leaf-ground 

 white, Hushed rose, green veins and red spots ; Edouard Andre, 

 crimson centre, and rose blotches ; Edouard Moreaux, mottled 

 gi-een ground, with lake centre ; Edouard Rodrigues,* deep 

 c;innine, margined with li^ht green, and spotted with ruse ; 

 E. G. Henderson,* green, with transparent rose spots and mottled 

 crimson rays and centre ; Elvina, bright green, blotched with 

 red, grey centre and veins ; Emilie Verdier,* leaves of a light 

 transparent rose colour, spotted with red ; Etoile 0'Argent,* 

 bright green, midribs and veins creamy-wliite, shaded with grey ; 

 EuCHARlS, rose centre, with violet reflections, margined with 

 bright green, very fresh and bright looking; Felicien David,* 

 centre of leaf dark csirmine, surrounded with white and beautifully 

 veined with retl on a light green gi-ound ; Golden Queen, leaves 

 large, pale golden yellow, uniform in colour ; Gretry, carmine 

 centre, with white spots on a dark green ground ; Helevv, white 

 midribs and marked with crimson blotches, on a green ground ; 

 H erold,* dark carmine veins, surrounded by light green, blotched 

 with pure white, and margined dark green ; Ibis Rose,* a magni- 

 ficent variety, with beautiful rich rose-coloured foliitge, extremely 

 attractive ; Isadora Lerov, rich metallic green, with crimson-re<l 

 centre rays; Jules Duplessis, bright rose centre, shaded with 

 rich red and bordered with green; Jules Putzeys, rich green, 

 with crimson midrib and veins, centre mottled grey, and the whole 

 surface blotched with red ; Laingii,* reddish-carmine centre, 

 surrounded with yellowish-green, the whole of the leaf .sprinkled 

 with white ; Lai\iartine, deep crimson centre, with white and 

 red spots; La Perle du Bresil,* exceedingly attractive, large 

 leaves, white, delicately tinted with rose, midrib and veins dark 

 green ; Leplay, leaves attractively marked \vith white, and 

 beautifully veined with rosy-violet; Louise Duplessis, red rays 

 and veins on a white ground, green margin ; Luddemannii,* deei> 

 crimson ribs, the leaf blotched with magenta and white, border 

 pea green ; Madame Alfred Bleu, deep green, with large white 

 blotthes. and broad crimson-scarlet veins ; Madame Alfred 

 Mame, light green, covered with large white spots, rosy-carmine 

 centre; Madame de la Devansaye, leaves white, shaded rnst-, 

 and veincil witli red and green ; Madame DoMHitAiN,* centre and 

 ribs pale yellowish-green, shaded rose, surface covered with lar^e 

 white and rose spots ; Madame Fritz IOechun,* white ground, 

 with violet-rose ribs and green veins, a beautiful dwarf-growixig 



Caladium — continued. 



variety ; Madame Helne,* silvery white, stained and edge«l with 

 pale green, distinct ; Madame Hunnebelle, leaves veined with 



light garnet colour on a white ground, and margined with green 

 veins ; Madame Jules Menoreau, tine large leaves, with white 

 centre tinted rose, veined rich bright rose, and margined green ; 

 Madame Laforge, centre and ribs red dish -crimson, with green 

 margin ; Madame ALvr-iolin ScHEFFER,*a beautiful variety, with 

 white foUage, charmingly veined and netted with pure rosy-lake ; 

 Madame Willaume, a charming variety, \vith transparent'leaves, 

 of a delicate salmon-rose colour ; MARt^uis de Caux, red centre 

 and veins, with rose blotches on margins; MaRTErstyginum, 

 crimson centre and white spots; Mercadante, pale copper- 

 coloured centre and veins, bordered with green ; Meyerbeer,* 

 white leaf-ground, green veins, and red midribs; Minerve,* 

 silvery white midrib and rays, surrounded with greyish white, 

 green margin, with snowy wtiite spots; Mithridate, giound 

 c<jIour crimson-lake, with darker ribs, and dark bronze-gi-een 

 margin; Monsieur A. Hardy, rich reddish-carmine veins on 

 white ground, tinted with rose and spotted with green ; MON- 

 SIEUR J. Linden,* a fine large whitish leaf, with metallic reflec- 

 tions, coral-rose veins, and reticulated green border ; Mrs. 

 Laing,* white ground, deep rose centre and veins, green 

 margin; MURILLO,* centre and veins metallic-red, with large 

 crimson blotches, broad margin of lustrous bronzy-green ; 

 Napoleon III.,* flamed crimson centre, with forked rays, and car- 

 mine spots on green ground; Onslow, deep rosy-crimson centre, 

 with broad green margin, spotted with rose; Paillet, crimson 

 centre, broad green margin, sphushed with crimson, and dotted with 

 white; Paul Veronesse, large leaves, with pinkish-white centre, 

 deep scarlet ribs, and broad green margin ; Philippe Herbert, 

 deep mottled crimson rays, and clear white margin, spotted 

 with crimson ; Pictum, green blotched, and spotted with white; 

 Prince Albert,* dark emerald green, rich crimson midrib, 

 radiating from centre to margins, the intervening spaces spotted 

 with white ; Prince of Wales,* a very handsome variety, with 

 large golden-yellow leaves; Princess Alexandra,* rosy-salmon 

 leal, green centre rib, bordered >vith magenta-crimson, green 

 margin, with light pink Chain ; Princess of Teck,* ground 

 colour bright orange -yellow, the veins suffused with deep red ; 

 Prin'CESS Royal, leaves of a golden ground, with crimson centre; 

 Pyrruus, centre and ribs deep crimson, pea-green margins; 

 Quadricolor, centre of leaf pale yellowish-green, ribs white, 

 edged rosy-crimson, and margined green; Ramsau, centre and 

 ribs deep reddish-crimson, surface covered with white blotches, 

 shaded red; Raulinii, rich red centre and veins, finely .spotted 

 with white ; Regale, silvery grey centre, rosy-red ribs, spotted 

 with vermilion-red; Reine Marie de Portugal.*, violet-rose 

 centre, with red veins, dark maroon zone, and green border, very 

 handsome ; Reine Victoria, *green veins and margins, spotted or 

 marbled with white and rich crimson ; Rossini, large leaf, with 

 pale centre, pink midribs, i ad red blntches ; Rouillard, glos.sy 

 gi-een margin, pale green centre, midrib and rays rich violet-plum, 

 the whole leaf spotted crimson ; Sanchonianthon, crimson 

 centre, deep glossy crimson ribs, and pea-green margin ; Sieboldii, 

 rich green, with fiery-red crimson-rayed centre, green spaces, 

 spotted with claret reel ; Souvenir de Madame E. Andre,* large 

 deep green leaves, marbleii with pure white, veins fine rosy 

 crimson; SPONTINI, pea-green, with white spots, and rosy-pink 

 ribs and veins ; Thibautii, tine large leaf, ^vith rich crimson veins 

 on a red ground ; Tricolor, edges of leaves grey-green, inter- 

 sected with dark green, centre red-lake, carmuie midribs ; 

 Triomphe de l'Kxposition,* crimson centre, with red ribs, and 

 green border ; Verdi, crimson-lake centre with small green znne 

 and apple-green margin ; Vesta, greenish-white veins, suirounded 

 with crimson, the whole of the leaf spotted bright rose ; Vi- 

 comtesse de la Roque-ordan, red midrib, and rays bordered 

 with white, the margin beautiful emerald green; Ville de 

 MuLHOUSE, a beautiful variety, with greenish-white leaves, shaded 

 rose, and rich green centre ; Virginale,* clear shining white, 

 veined with dark bluish-green, a handsome variety. 



CAIiAIS. See Microseris. 



CAIiAMAGROSTIS (from calomos, a reed, and agros- 

 tis, grass). Ord. GramineoB. An extensive genus of grasses, 

 for the most part hardy. Panicle more or less spreading ; 

 spikelets compressed, one-flowered ; empty glumes two, sub- 

 equal, lanceolate, pointed, keeled, awnless. They thrive in 

 any ordinary garden soil. Seeds may be sown during 

 autumn. 

 C. lanceolata (lanceolate). Jl. purple, spreading in all directions ; 



ftanicle erect, loose, much branched. July. Culms about 3ft. 

 ugh, smooth, slender. Britain (moist woods and hedges). (Sy. 

 Em B. 1724.) 

 C. Stricta (upright). _li. brown, spreading in all directions ; panicle 

 erect, close. June. Culm al>out 2ft. high, very slender, smooth. 

 England, .Vc. (bogs and marshes), but very rare. (Sy. En. B. 17^.) 



CAI.AMANDER WOOD. See Diospyros quoe- 

 sita. 



CAIiAIHINT. See Calamintlia. 



CALAMIXTUA (from kalos, beautiful, and mintha, 

 mint). Calamint. Obd. Labiatcu. A genus of hardy 



