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CALANDRINIA. 



Ir..Tr"''fn 'If'" '''^'"^'"» '' '^' ^^"^^ Calandrinia are mostly natives of South 

 America and like the mignonette are shrubby plants there, though wfth u and also n 

 Europe they are treated as annuals. The name Calandrin a was^gi "n to tClnus n 

 honor of L. Calanokiki, an Italian botanist. We have many pla^ s of th s "emis b^^ 

 the only one that has yet flowered is the Calandrinia Speciosi and of which Elm- 



panying engraving is a very 

 good representation. Few 

 flowers have a more striking 

 eff'ect than this little Calan- 

 drinia, with its brilliant dark 

 crimson flowers peeping out 

 from its thick and beautiful 

 bed of leaves. The flowers 

 open in the morning, and 

 present as rich a mass of foli- 

 age and flowers as can be 

 desired ; but by three o'clock 

 in the afternoon every little 

 flower is closed. With the 

 exception of the early closing 

 of the petals, this species de- 

 serves to be generally culti- 

 vated, as nothing can exceed 

 the rich velvety look of the 

 flowers. It is quite hardy, a 

 true annual, and ripens its 

 seeds in great abundance. * 

 It is a native of Northern 

 California, whence its seeds 

 were sent to England in 

 1832, by Douglas. It 

 should be sown in dry and 

 exposed situations, where it 

 can have abundance of light 

 and heat ; as the situation in 

 which Douglas found it was 

 a hot, dry bank. It requires 

 very little water, and flour 



tniee times dunng the season, and at any time from April to July 



tha?thlTft e"^^^^^^^^ '^"t'[ ^P'""' *'^ flowersof which were so much larger 



IrkrieTovfeildbi;'!" ■"''''' ''''' ^" ^^""^^^ ^^^^ ^' '^' ^^^^^ ^f GrandiflZ-a, 

 S/; oiVord si'lor d CI "T """'^' ""''' inappropriate, as the flowers of Calandrinia 

 of the spec es C^'^^dnnia, are more than twice as large, and is really the finest 



CALANDRINIA SPECIOSA. 



