74 CALCEOLARIA. 



raised was C. Youngii, which was produced by the impregnation of 

 C. corymbosa with C. arachnoidea. 



In 1S31, C. crenatiflora (the Pendula of some), having yellow 

 flowers spotted with dark, was introduced into this country ; several 

 splendid varieties were soon produced. 



It is singular that the true shrubby kinds were found to unite 

 with the herbaceous ; and C. bicolor, having flowers pale yellow and 

 white, was impregnated by some cultivator with some herbaceous 

 kind, and some fine sorts Mere the result. 



These productions gave a stimulus to many persons attempting 

 raising new varieties, and annually since that time the number of 

 beautiful kinds have been increased, the productions varying in every 

 possible shade of yellow, orange, brown, purple, crimson, pink, 

 white, rose, scarlet, &c, often beautifully spotted, or delicately 

 shading off into a fine contrast of colours ; and in some cases the 

 flowers have, as it were, a dust of flour sprinkled over them, as is the 

 case with a number of kinds we saw in bloom at Mr. Gaines's during 

 last summer. The forms, too, of the blossoms are very various, and 

 the size, by hybridizing, and culture of some of the newer kinds, is 

 astonishing. "We saw one kind exhibited in London, which had a 

 bloom nearly round, and it measured an inch and a half across. 



Soon after Mr. Penny had succeeded in raising his two first kinds, 

 he was closely followed by Mr. Joseph Plant, of Cheadle in Staf- 

 fordshire, and Mr. Joshua Major, of Knostrop near Leeds, both of 

 which have been remarkably successful, and in true shrubby kinds 

 their productions stand unrivalled. Mr. Barnes, gardener to W. 

 Norman, Esq., Bromley Hill in Kent, and Mr. Green, gardener to 

 Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart., have raised many beautiful half 

 shrubby, as they are termed, and herbaceous kinds, and which have 

 been exhibited at the Chiswick and Surrey Garden shows, and so 

 much admired. A. Foster, Esq., exhibited some very superior kinds, 

 which had been raised in his gardens, and we believe are now offered 

 in Mr. Catleugh's collection. 



* The perfection in culture to which the Calceolarea is now bruiight, 

 as is seen especially by the specimens exhibited at the places above 

 named, is truly astonishing ; so great is the change effected, that the 

 same kinds, as formerly grown, can scarcely be recognized under the 

 improved mode of treatment. 



