CELOSIA 51 



CELO'SIA continued. 



C. plumo'sa grandiflo'r a, The Feathered Cockscomb. 

 Height 1^ ft. Feathery plumes of crimson, 

 pink, or yellow, quite distinct from the crested 

 kind. 



C. plumo'sa arge'ntea lineafris. Height 1J ft. 

 Eose, silvery on the lower part. 



C. plumo'sa pyramida'lis, Thompson's magnifica. A 

 new, stiff-looking race, 2 ft. high, having 

 separate colours of yellow, purple, scarlet, 

 crimson, blood-red and salmon, the foliage 

 being of various bronzy colours. One of the 

 best. 



C. plumo'sa pyramida'lis au'rea. Height l ft. 

 A golden yellow variety. 



C. plumo'sa pyramida'lis cocci' nea. Height 1 ft. 

 A crimson variety. 



Propagate by seeds sown T V in. deep in pans 

 of light soil in temp. 75 at the end of February 

 or beginning of March. Keep the seedlings close 

 to glass and moist, transplanting them into thumb 

 pots as soon as they have made three leaves, in 

 compost of two parts fibry loam, one part leaf 

 mould and well-decayed cow manure and sand. 

 Keep near glass until the flowers show. Ee-pot 

 into 5-in. pots, and plunge into hotbed 75 for a 

 time, gradually hardening them off. Syringe fre- 

 quently. Plant out in June in good soil and a 

 sunny position. 



