62 ON GROWING THE CALLA RICHARDIA. 



shire, Wiltshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire, and I am nearly confident, 

 if the situation be somewhat high, dry, and sheltered from cutting 

 winds, that it will grow well in any part of England, and most cer- 

 tainly 'ought to be in every shrubbery where it can be grown. 

 Plants of it can now be procured at a trifling cost. 



I have not visited Heligan since 1834, but a friend of mine saw 

 the original plant last summer, and informs me that it is about eight 

 yards high, spreading proportionately ; and the trunk is two feet in 

 girth near the ground, and carries up a gradual fine main trunk. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



ON GROWING THE CALLA RICHARDIA (formerly C. ^thiopica) 



IN THE OPEN AIR. 



BY A LADY AMATEUR GARDENER, NEAR BELFORD, IN NORTHUMBERLAND. 



My last communication on the planting out of Geraniums, Verbenas, 

 &c, was so kindly received, that I am encouraged to hazard a few 

 words on the Calla /Ethiopica, or, as it is now styled, the Calla 

 Richardia. 



It is not, I believe, very generally known, that this beautiful plant 

 will flourish in the open air. I have, however, tried the experiment 

 with several during the past season in my own flower garden, and 

 with complete success. 



About the beginning of June, after they had done flowering in the 

 greenhouse, I turned them out of their pots into the open ground, in 

 clumps of four or five, so that one or two at least of the group might 

 be constantly in bloom. 



The cold winds with which we were at that time visited rather cut 

 them, but fresh leaves soon began to push, and they blossomed as 

 freely and stood much longer than they had ever done in the green- 

 house ; and another year, should it be required, a few Fir branches 

 will effectually protect them when they are first put out. 



It should be borne in mind that the Calla Richardia is a water 

 plant, as its English name, " Lily of the Nile," demonstrates, it 

 ouo-ht, therefore, at all times to be well supplied with water, and 

 doubly so should the season prove a dry one. 



As an encouragement to timid florists, who may imagine that the 

 Calla Richardia requires a very fine aspect, I beg to say that my 



