372 CALCEOLARIA. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. CALCEOLARIA. 



the plants should be potted singly or 

 transplanted, in order to make bushy 

 examples for bedding out in due course. 



Apart from the varieties, a number 

 of species are of some merit for the 

 flower garden. The greater number 

 inhabit mountain valleys, and ascend 

 to an elevation of from 13,000 to 14,000 

 feet in S. America. 



C. ALBA. One of the most attractive, 

 with narrow dark green leaves, slightly 

 toothed. The flowers, produced in 

 branched racemes, are small and pure 

 white. The whole plant is somewhat 



C. JOHN INNES. A remarkably fine 

 plant raised at the John Innes Horticul- 

 tural Institute, Surrey, the result of 

 crossing C. plantaginea and C. polyrrhiza. 

 In habit it closely resembles C. plantaginea, 

 forming a comparatively compact mass, 

 increasing by short side growths ; the 

 leaves are intermediate, narrower than 

 those of C. plantaginea, but not showing 

 the distinct petiole of C. polyrrhiza. The 

 flowers, produced in pairs, and carried on 

 wiry stems each 9 inches to a foot in 

 height, are longer than in either of the 

 parents, the pouch widening as it expands, 

 becoming somewhat wedge-shaped. The 



Calandrinia oppositifolia. 



viscid or clammy. This makes an inter- 

 esting wall plant, and is worth persevering 

 with where good plants are appreciated. 



C. AMPLEXICAULIS. A fine kind with 

 soft green leaves clasping the stem and 

 many lemon-yellow flowers. Owing to 

 its tall habit it groups well with various 

 plants, and it is handsome in the flower 

 garden in autumn. Ecuador. 



C. HYSSOPIFOLIA. One of the best of 

 the dwarf kinds, bearing loose clusters of 

 lemon-yellow blossoms from early summer 

 till autumn, the foliage resembling that 

 of Hyssop. "Ecuador. 



colour is bright yellow, with a few brown 

 spots on the underside of the pouch. 



C. KELLYANA. A curious hardy hybrid, 

 with short downy stems, 6 to 9 inches 

 high, flowers about an inch across, yellow 

 with numerous small brown dots top of 

 the stems. Its foliage resembles a Mimu- 

 lus, creeping along the ground, and it is 

 a very interesting dwarf rock garden 

 plant. 



C. PAVONII. A noble kind, from 2 to 

 4 feet high, with large light green, much- 

 wrinkled foliage, bearing large, pale 

 yellow, slipper-shaped blossoms. It is a 



