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stems require no support, unless the plants are to be carried 

 out, in which case they require a stake to every stem. The 

 soil should be light rich loam, well drained. C. integrifolia, 

 and its varieties anguslifolia and viscosissima, are brilliant 

 flower-garden dwarf shrubby plants, bearing large masses of 

 yellow blossoms from May throughout the summer. The 

 florist's varieties are very numerous, and are constantly un- 

 dergoing change and improvement. 



C. alba (white) ; greenhouse evergreen sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers white, in June; Chili; 1844. C. amplexicaulis (stem- 

 clasping) ; greenhouse perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in 

 June ; Peru ; 1845. C. arachnoidea (cobwebbed) ; greenhouse 

 perennial ; I foot ; flowers purple, in June ; Chili ; 1827. C. 

 bicolor (two-colored) ; greenhouse evergreen sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers yellow, in August ; Peru ; 1829. C. corynibosa (corymb- 

 flowered) ; greenhouse perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers yellow, in 

 May; Chili; 1822. C. crenattflora (crenate) ; greenhouse per- 

 ennial ; 1 8 inches ; flowers yellow-spotted, in June ; Chili ; 

 1831. C. integrifolia (entire-leaved) ; greenhouse or half-hardy 

 evergreen shrub ; 18 inches ; flowers deep yellow, all summer; 

 Chili ; 1822. The variety angustifolta has pale flowers : viscos- 

 sissima is much deeper colored. C. pinnata (pinnate) ; half- 

 hardy annual; 2 feet; flowers yellow, in July; Peru; 1773. 

 C. purpurea (purple) ; greenhouse perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 purple, in July; Chili; 1827. C. thyrsiflora (thyrse-flowered) ; 

 greenhouse evergreen shrub ; 18 inches ; flowers yellow, in 

 July; Chili; 1827. C.-violacece (violet); greenhouse evergreen 

 sub-shrub ; 2 feet ; flowers violet, in June ; Chili ; 1852. 



The shrubby varieties General Outram, Queen of Oude, 

 Kentish Hero, Etna, Little Dorrit, Prince of Orange, Prin- 

 cess Helena, Rubens, General Havelock, Nobey, Ambas- 

 sador, Beauty of Montreal, Queen, and Victor Emmanuel, 

 do well as bedding plants. 



CALENDULA. Marigold. [Composite.] Showy hardy or 

 half-hardy annuals and greenhouse shrubs. The hardy an- 



