C A L 



C A L 



VCTixl with hand-c'asscs, which, in the middle 

 of summer, answer well, but in the spring or 

 ;iiitunin the former method is preferable. Alter 

 plaulnig, the glasses should be shaded in the 

 heal of the dav, sad the slips frequently re- 

 freshed with water, but not given them too libe- 

 rally, as much wet rots them. When they have 

 gilt strong roots lliev should be planted separaielv 

 in small pots liiled with fresh light earth, and 

 placed in a sliadv situation till fresh rooted, \\ hen 

 ihey mav be plaectl in the open air, in a sliellcred 

 situation, till auttimn, and then rcmovcil into a 

 dry airy glass-case, or green-house, for the win- 

 ter season, or under a common hot-bed frame, 

 as they only require protection from frost and 

 wet. 



The sixth species mav be easily propagate<l by 

 cnltinsis, w hich should be planted in summer in a 

 shady TjiifJer, or be shaded with mats in the heat 

 of the dav: when thev have stricken good root 

 they mav be carefully taken up, put into separate 

 pots filled with light, poor, sandv earth, and placed 

 ui the shade till again well rooted ; then put with 

 other hardy exotics in a sheltered situation till 

 frosts appear, vvhen thev should be removed into 

 the green-house, placing iLein so as to have free 

 air. 



The sinole-flowered common sorts are mostly 

 cultivated as pot-herbs for the use of the flowers 

 in broths, or as ornamental plants for the beauty 

 of their flowers, which eflTect an agreeable diver- 

 sitvin the connnon borders of pleasure-grounds, 

 in assemblage with other hardy annuals; and 

 the third and fourth species may be made use of 

 in the same way. 



The tw o last sorts, from their continuing long 

 in flower, also aflbrd much variety when set out 

 with other potted plants xn the summer, and in 

 the green-house in w inter. 



CALF's-SNOL'T, See Antirrhinum. 



CALLA, a genus containing a plant of the 

 herbaceous flower,- perennial green-house kind. 

 .•Ethiopian Arvmi. 



It belongs to the class and order Gynandria 

 Polyundria, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Piperitce. 



The characters are : that tl>e calyx is a one- 

 leafed spathe, ovale- cordate acuminate, coloured 

 at top, verv large spreading, permanent: the 

 spadix finger-shaped, quite single, erect, co- 

 vered with fructifications: there is no corolla: 

 the stamina consist of some filaments inter- 

 mixed with the germs the length of the pistils, 

 permanent, compressed, truncate: the anthers 

 are simple, truncate, and sessile: the pistil- 

 him to each is a roundish obtuse germ: the 

 style simple, very short : the stigma acute : the 

 fiericarpium contains as many berries as there 



are pistils, four-cornered, globular, pulpv, and 

 one-celled (scveiMt-cellcd) : the seeds numerous 

 (six to twelve), solitary, oblong, cyliudrie, and 

 obtuse at both ends. 



The .--pecie^ cultivated far ornament is C. 

 yE/hiiipiai, ^liihiopian Arum, or Sweet Calla. 



It has thick, flesh v, ti'.berous roots, which are 

 covered with a thin brown skin, and strike down 

 many slronji fleshv fibres into the ground. The 

 leaves arise n\ clu>Urs, having fool-sialks more 

 than a foot lone, which are green and succulent : 

 tlie leaves are eight or nine inches inle»>gth, and 

 of a -hininsr green, ending in a sharp point, 

 which turns Ijack ward : between the leaves eomts 

 out the scape, which is thick, smooth, of ihc 

 same colour as the leaves, rising above them, and 

 terminated by a single flower shapt.d like those 

 of the arum : the luxxl or spathe is twisted at 

 the bottom, but spreads open at tlie top, and is 

 of a pure white colour. In the centre of this 

 IS situated the spadix or club, which is of an 

 herbaceous yellow colour, upon which the small 

 herbaceous flowers arc closclv placed ; it is only 

 about half the length of the spathe ; it is suc- 

 ceeded by roundish red berries. It is a native of 

 the Cape. 



Cullnre. — This plant is readily increased by 

 oflsets from the root, which should be separated 

 in the autumn, and planted out singlv in pots of 

 light earth, where thev become full plants the 

 following year. The plants may be kept in the 

 full air during the summer, but during the win-, 

 ter should have the protection of the green-house 

 or a garden-frame. 



These plants, from the singularity of their 

 growtli, and their being constantly furnished 

 with leaves, have an asreeable effect, and 

 produce much variety among other potted 

 plants. 



CALLICARPA, a gams containing a plant 

 of the deciduous flowering shrubbv kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Tetrandria 

 Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Dnmosce. 



The characters of which are: that the calyx 

 is a one-leafed perianthium, bell-form: mouth 

 four-cleft and erect : the corolla is monopetalous, 

 tubular: border four-cleft, obtuse, spreading: 

 the stamina consist of four filiform filaments, 

 twice the length of the corolla: the anthers are 

 ovate and incumbent : the pistillum is a roundish 

 germ: the style filiform, thicker at top: the 

 stigma thickish and obtuse : the pcriearpium is 

 a globular berr)', smooth : the seeds four, ob- 

 long, shaped like a meniscus, compressed, cal- 

 lous. 



The only species cultivated is the C. Ameri- 

 cana. 



