THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



APRIL 1st, 1842. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENTS. 



ARTICLE I. 



CALCEOLARIA var. (Hybrid Slipper- Wort J . ' 



SCROPHULARIN.E, DECANDR1A MoNOGYNIA, 



[Calceolaria ; so named by Linnaeus from " calceolus," a slipper, in allusion to 



the form of the flower.] 



The very beautiful Calceolarias, which we now give, were raised by 

 Mr. Joseph Plant, nurseryman, Cheadle, in Staffordshire, the last 

 year. Our drawings were taken from the first flowers of the seedling 

 plants, and are, no doubt, much less than those which the produce 

 now offered for sale by Mr. Plant will exhibit this season ; they 

 deserve to be in every collection. 



The perfection in culture to which the Calceolaria is now brought, 

 as is seen especially by the specimens we have seen exhibited, 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. The following are the particulars of it, and if strictly 

 pursued, will amply repay for the attention. 



Young plants from the herbaceous and half shrubby kinds are 

 readily increased by slips in October and November ; being then 

 housed, the cool and damp atmosphere induces the off-shoots that are 

 undermost to emit a quantity of small rootlets, which may at once be 

 potted singly into sixty-sized pots. Young, well ripened shoots of the 

 true shrubby kinds may be struck in summer, in sandy loam and 

 peat, but with the greatest success when plants are kept in a cool and 



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