130 IMPATIENS 



IMPA'TIENS continued. 



Garden Balsam, however, is quite a different plant 



and a most desirable "bedder." 



7. coccin'ea. See I. balsamina. 



L crista'ta. Height 2 ft. Yellow flowers. 



7. glanduli'fera. The common Balsam, 4 or 5 ft. 

 high. Numerous flowers, varying from white 

 to rose. 



7. longicor'nu. Similar in habit, but yellow and 

 brown underneath and rose above. India, 

 1830. 



7. Roy'lei is not so tall, and has deep rose flowers. 



7. balsami'na, Garden Balsam, also called in the 

 United States Ladies Slipper. 



This is a beautiful flower, often seen in the 



greenhouse, and effective in summer and autumn if 



planted out in beds in the open. It must be 



treated as a half-hardy annual and placed in a 



warm sunny position in rich soil. The rosette-like 



flowers of many colours and shades grow on the 



main stem on very short stalks, hence one garden 



strain is called camellia-flowered. The cultivation 



is a very simple process. The type plant has 



scarlet flowers, grows 2 ft., and was introduced 



from tropical Asia. Syn., Impatiens coccinea. 



The following are garden strains : 



Double Camellia-flowered Balsam. Large and very 



double ; blooms of numerous colours, from 



white to dark crimson. It varies in height 



from 18 to 9 ins. 



