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Calathea. The species of this genus are ordinarily called 

 Marantas and differ only in technical characters. The leaves 

 are marked with shades of green, red, brown, yellow and white. 

 C. zebrina, well known, has leaves purple beneath and alternating 

 bars of light and pale green above. C. veitchi is very beautiful. 

 They require shade, heat and moisture and are fine for fern pools. 



Calceolaria. These have beautiful, odd flowers and are much 

 cultivated in England but are rather delicate and should be tried 

 in a sheltered place. They cannot stand our hot sun and there- 

 fore need some shade and plenty of moisture. They should have 

 rich soil and they will stand some frost. 



Carludovica palmata and a few other species are the plants 

 whose leaves are used in making Panama hats. They are hand- 

 some, stemless, palmlike plants from Middle America and there- 

 fore tender. They can only be grown out of doors in the warmer 

 part of the state in a sheltered, half shaded location. In such a 

 place I have a nice plant of C. palmata. 



Cereus. I have had plants of a number of upright growing 

 Cerei but have had no success with them. 



Chrysanthemum. Everybody knows Chrysanthemums, or 

 " Mums" as they are often called. They do well in the northern 

 part of the state, but as far as I can learn they are not generally 

 a success in the more tropical part of it. Some of the dwarfs 

 do fairly well here in hammock soil. 



Clerodendron squamatum. Several years ago I brought seed 

 of this from Cuba and it has done very well. The leaves are 

 large, cordate and velvety; the great panicles of scarlet flowers 

 open the whole year through. It should be well fertilized. 



Coleus. Nothing that we grow has more gorgeously colored 

 foliage than the Coleus and nothing could be more at home here 

 if it were not for the root knot, which is very destructive to them. 

 They are rather short lived and need to be renewed occasionally 

 by means of cuttings. These can be rooted with the greatest 

 ease in summer and when ready to set out should be put where 

 none has been planted for several years, in order to avoid the 

 root knot. In case choice specimens are attacked with this 

 cut off the tops and make cuttings of them, which will be healthy; 

 then dig up and burn the old plants. 



