wri.TT.XTA CABTNTHIACA. 



We will take the earliest opportunity to give a short list of the best of the older 

 varieties; iiTthe meantime, we hope the foregoing outline" of the management of 

 these splendid shrubs may be of some assistance to those of our readers who are 

 fortunate enough to number a Camellia among their window plants. 



WULFENIA CARINTHIACA. 



Corinthian fful/enia. 



Linnean Class — Diandkia. Order — Monosvma. Natural Order — ScaoPHULARiACEiE. 



The number of newly-introduced plants of all classes is so considerable, that we 

 are sometimes tempted to forget that a part of our duty is to assist in making 

 known the most interesting of the older inhabitants of our gardens. 



Among these, there are not many possessing greater claim to attention than the 

 beautiful little plant whose name appears at the head of our page. To some of our 

 readers, the Wulfenia carinthiaca is probably, an 'old familiar face,' but it is much 

 less extensively grown than might, perhaps, be inferred from the mere date of its 

 introduction. In the front ranks of the mixed border, its spikes of bright blue 

 flowers produce a charming effect, especially when grown, as it may be, in a good 

 patch, or if several plants of it are grouped together. It may be termed a spring 

 flower, for it usually commences blossoming in May, and continues in bloom until 

 July. 



The Wulfenia carinthiaca is a perennial plant of dwarf habit, its foliage, which is 

 all radical, not exceeding six inches ; the flower scapes, however, often grow to the 

 height of from twelve to sixteen inches, or more, before the blossoms are all 

 expanded. The leaves are obovate, blunt, with doubly crenate margins, and when 

 full grown, are spread flat on the ground ; the small leaflets attached to the flower 

 scape are more acute and sessile, with their margins rolled back. 



The spike of flowers is at first drooping, but afterwards becomes nearly erect, 

 though there is generally a slight inclination to one side. The flowers are bright 

 blue, with a yellow throat, on short peduncles, closely arranged, and are somewhat 

 remarkable for their oblique position ; the calyx is five-parted, with unequal acute 

 segments ; the corolla is ringent, or gaping, two-lipped, the upper lip short, and 

 generally entire, the lower one bearded in the mouth, and three-lobed, the side 

 lobes being the largest. The stamens are but two in number, and are inserted in 

 the tube, with their anthers closely pressed against the upper lip. 



It will succeed in any light rich soil, free from stagnant moisture, which is 

 injurious to it, especially in winter. In severe weather it should be covered with 



