THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



OCTOBER 1st, 1835. 



PART I. 

 ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. — On raising New Varieties of Calceo- 

 larias. By Calceolaria. 



I think Mr. Appleby has given an excellent paper on the cul- 

 ture of my favourite flower, the Calceolaria, in your August Num- 

 ber : but as he does not give any directions about saving seed, 

 perhaps some admirers of this beautiful tribe of plants will be glad 

 to learn that seeds are easily obtained from any plant by inocu- 

 lation. As the seedlings partake most of the parent from which 

 tlu." seeds are gathered, it is advisable, when shrubby plants are 

 wanted, to select the finest variety of that description and in- 

 oculate some of its flowers with the pollen of different Calceola- 

 rias, either herbaceous or shrubby ; and when herbaceous flowers 

 are more in request, to perform the operation on a good herbace- 

 ous plant. I mark the flowers which have been impregnated, by 

 tying a small piece of thread or silk, immediately below them ; 

 and by using silk threads, of different colours, matching, or 

 otherwise indicating the colour of the flowers from whence the 

 pollen was taken, I easily label all the impregnated flowers, and 

 • n tell when the seeds are ripe from what flowers the pollen had 

 been taken which rendered each pod prolific. 



In October, or late in September, I sow the seeds in large 

 patis, as Mr. Appleby directs, and keep the young plants in these 

 pans till spring, when I pot off the finest, and prick out the 

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