CALYPSO. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CAMELLIA. 



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CALYPSO. C. borcalis is a pretty 

 little hardy Orchid, with rosy-purple sepals 

 and petals, and a white lip, heavily blotched 

 with cinnamon brown, from the cold regions 

 of N. America. It succeeds in half-shady 

 spots on the margin of the rock-garden or 

 bog, or in a select spot among choice 

 shrubs in light, moist vegetable soil, 

 covered with Coco fibre or like material 

 to keep the surface open. 



Calystegia. See CONVOLVULUS. 



CAMASSIA (QuamasJi}. North Am- 

 erican plants of the Lily Order, hardy and 

 valuable for cutting. 



C. esculenta (Quamash} is a native of 

 meadows and marshes in N. W. America 

 from i to 3 ft. high, its stalks bearing a 

 loose raceme of from ten to twenty 

 flowers about 2 in. across, the colour 

 from deep to pale blue. There is also 

 a pure white, and various other forms 

 thriving in moist situations in a deep 

 light soil. A bold group in flower has 

 a fine effect in July, and it is excellent 

 in the cut state, as the buds of the spike 

 open in the house. 



C. Cusicki is a new species discovered a 

 few years ago in the Blue Mountains of 

 Oregon, and it was described in Garden 

 and Forest as the most vigorous species 

 yet found with large broad leaves, a stout 

 flower-stem growing 3 ft. high, and 

 flowers of a pale delicate blue, large and 

 spreading. 



C. Fraseri (Eastern Quamask\^ 

 native of the States east of the Mississippi, 

 its flowers are rather smaller than those 

 of the western species ; about i^ ft. high, 

 the scape bearing a raceme of ten to 

 thirty pale-blue flowers, each about I in. 

 across. It is, however, later in flowering 

 than other Camassias, thriving in a light 

 rich soil. All Camassias may be pro- 

 pagated by dividing the bulbs or by 

 seeds. 



C. Leichtlini ( White Camassid}. This 

 often grows on sandy ridge-tops, and is 

 found in dry spots in ravines ; its bulbs 

 are generally deep in some stiff soil. 

 The flower-spike is large, being 9 in. long 

 by 4 in diameter, while in rich deep soils 

 it is sometimes compound, and contains 

 several hundred florets, creamy white and 

 about i in. in diameter, the stem often 

 3 or 4 ft. high. It is vigorous, but not so 

 handsome as the Quamash. British 

 Columbia. 



CAMELLIA. Handsome shrubs of 

 the Tea Order, mostly grown under glass 

 in our country, and those who live in 

 northern districts may well be sur- 

 prised to see this shrub healthy out-of- 

 doors, even if it does not flower well ; but 



in the Isle of Wight and the southern 

 coasts of England and Ireland it is often 

 laden with as many flowers, as it is 

 in Madeira. Most people who have 

 Camellias in the open air find that they 

 flower well five out of every six years, and 

 that the plants are hardy indeed, hardier 

 than many shrubs that make their new 

 growth early in the year. Their greatest 

 enemy is fierce winds, which beat them 

 about. Any one planting them out for 

 the first time will do well to plant first 

 some of the commoner kinds, and in 



Alpine Hairbell in rock garden. Engraved from 

 .photograph by Ellen Willmott. 



sheltered spots ; then, when these thrive, 

 to continue with more valuable ones. 

 The best aspect for Camellias is a south 

 or south-west one, sheltered by a bank or 

 wall, but in some districts they do best on 

 a north wall. Planting from pots may 

 take place at any period, but about July 

 is the best time, as the wood is then well 

 ripened. Duke of Devonshire, Halfida, 

 Chandleri, Florida, imbricata, elegans, 

 Alberti, Double White, Donckelaari, 

 Countess of Orkney, Mathotiana, and 

 Lady Hume's Blush are good varieties 

 for outdoor culture. The late Robert 



