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C. grand if o'lia (large-leaved). 2. Yellow. 

 July. Rio Janeiro. 1826. 



longibractea'ta (long-bracted). 1. Purple. 



July. Brazil. 1826. 



orbicula'ta (rovmd-Ieaved). 2. Yellow. 



August. West Indies. 1830. 



villtfsa (shaggy). 3. April. Brazil. 1825. 



viola'cea (violet-coloured). li. Purple. 



July. Brazil. 1815. 



zebri'na (Zebra plant). 2. Red yellow. 



Brazil. 1815. 



CALATHIAN VIOLET. Gentiana pneu- 

 mona'nthe. 



CALCAREOUS SOIL is a soil in which 

 chalk (carbonate of lime) predominates. 

 The colour approaches to white, in pro- 

 portion. No soil is productive which 

 does not contain some chalk, or in which 

 it exceeds nineteen parts out of twenty. 

 From one to five per cent is the usual 

 proportion in fertile soils. Calcareous 

 soils are rarely productive ; they are so 

 feebly retentive of moisture that the crops 

 upon them are burnt up in summer ; and 

 they reflect the sun's rays so fully, that 

 they remain unheated, and vegetation is 

 late upon them in spring. The best ad- 

 dition to such soils, to improve their 

 staple, is clay. 



OALCEOLA RIA, Slipperwort. (From 

 cakeolus, a slipper; in reference to the 

 shape of the flower. Nat. ord., Fig worts 

 (Scrophulariace' V. Linn., 2-Diandria, 

 \-Monogynia}. Herbaceous kinds, to 

 bloom early, sow seeds in August and 

 September, and cuttings at the same 

 time. Shrubby kinds, for flower-garden 

 decoration, by cuttings of firm young 

 shoots, under glass, in September; and 

 again, in heat, in March. Soil for pots, 

 light and rich compost, well drained ; 

 for beds, a good loam should preponde- 

 rate. Summer temp., 50 to 60 ; win- 

 ter, 35 to 45. 



HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 C. atnplexicatf Its (stem-clasping). 1J. Yel- 

 low. June. Peru. 1845. 



arachnofdes (cobweb-like). 1. Purple. 



June. Chili. 1827. 



a'lba (white-flowered). 1. 



White. June. 



conna'ta (base-joined-leared). 3, Yellow. 



Chili. 1824. Biennial. 



corymbofsa (corymbose). 1. Yellow. May. 



Chili. 1822. 



crenatifU/ra (round-notched-/terf). li. 



Yellow spotted. June. Chili. 1831. 



cuneif o'lia (wedge-shaped-leaved). 1. Pale 



lemon. Bolivia. 1846. 



flextto'sa (zig-zag). 3. Yellow. Peru 



mountains. 1847. 



C.Fothergi'lli (Fothergill's). $. Orange." 

 April. Falkland Isles. 1777. 



Herbertia'na (Herbert's). L Yellow. June. 



Chili. 1828. 



pinna' ta (leafleted). 2. Yellow. July. 



Peru. 1773. Annual. 



plantagtnea (Plantain-feared). 1. Yellow. 



August. Chili. 1827. 



polyf o'lia (Poly-leaved). 1. Yellow. July. 



Chili. 1827. 



purpu'rea (purple-flowered). 1. Purple. 



July. Chili. 1827. 



e'legans (elegant). 1. Pale pur- 

 ple. June. Chili. 1832. 



pi' eta (painted). 1. White pur- 

 ple. June. Chili. 1832. 

 SHRUBBY EVERGREENS. 



C. a'lba (vftete-jloivered). li. White. June. 

 Chili. 1844. ' 



angustiflo'ra (narrow-flowered). 1. Yel- 



low. June. Peru. 1830. 



ascefndens (ascending). 1. Yellow. July. 



Cordilleras. 1826. 



H' color (two-colored). 2. Yellow. August. 



Peru. 1829. 



chiloe'nsis (Chiloe). 2. Yellow. August. 



Chiloe. 1830. 



floribu' 'nda (many - flowered) . 1. Pale 

 yellow. September. Quito. 1843. 



Herbertia'na parviflo'ra (Herbert's small- 



flowered). 2. Yellow. April. Val- 

 paraiso. 1836. 



integrif o'lia (entire-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



August. Chili. 1822. 



angustif o'lia (narrow -leaved). 



2. Yellow. August. Chili. 1822. 



* viscosi'ssima (clammiest). 3. 



Yellow. August. Chili. 1832. 



pefndnla (hanging). Yellow spotted. July. 



Chili. 1831. 



rugo'sa (wrinkled). 2. Yellow. August. 



Chili. 1822. 



scabioscef o'lia (Scabious-leaved). 2. Yel- 



low. May. Chili. 1822. Trailer. 



se'ssilis (stainless-leaved). 1. Yellow. 



September. Valparaiso. 1832. 



thyrsifto'ra (thyrse-flowered). 14. Yellow. 



June. Chili, 1827. 



CALCEOLARIA AS A FLORIST'S FLOWER. 

 Propagation by Cuttings. In August, 

 immediately after flowering, and in 

 March. In August, from a spent hotbed 

 remove the soil, and place six inches of 

 dry coal-ashes or sawdust. In spring, 

 prepare a hotbed of leaves or stable lit- 

 ter a month before it is wanted, to allow 

 the strong heat to subside ; then cover it 

 with the same depth of coal-ashes or 

 sawdust. Fill a sufficient number of 

 pots, within an inch of the top, with 

 light sandy loam ; fill up to the rim with 

 silver sand, and water gently to settle 

 the sand firmly. Take off the cuttings 

 (the young tops are the best), cut off the 

 bottom leaves, leaving two or three at 

 the top ; put them in the sand by the 



