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situation, and a rich loamy soil, will 



answer best. 



C. horte'nse (garden). 14. Blue. July. China. 1731 



a'lbum (white), li. White. July. 



China. 1731. 



ru'brum (red), li. Red. July. 



China. 1731. 



varieya'tum (variegated). 1. 



Variegated. July. China. 1731. 



multiplex (double), l^. Varie- 

 gated. July. China. 1731. 



brachya' n thum ( short - flowered) . 



1. Blue. July. China. 1731. 



i'ndicum (Indian). 1. Blue. July. East 

 Indies. 1820. 



CALLISTEMMA CULTURE. Propaga- 

 tion. These, being annuals, must be in- 

 creased by seed every year. It should 

 be saved from the best formed and most 

 double flowers. Those with quilled flow- 

 ers are most esteemed. The colours 

 should also be taken into consideration 

 in saving seed ; the self-colours should 

 be clear, divided, and bright; such as 

 have striped blooms ought to have the 

 colours well defined, not run into each 

 other, but distinctly separated. 



Soil. The soil should be light, and 

 moderately rich ; and the situation where 

 they are to bloom should be fully exposed 

 to the sun. They make beautiful beds 

 in the parterre, but are not so lasting as 

 some other flowers. 



Culture. Sow the seeds in March, on 

 a gentle hotbed, either in pots or on a 

 bed of earth laid upon the heating mate- 

 rial, at least six inches thick ; transplant 

 the seedlings as soon as the frosts are 

 over, either in beds of separate colours, 

 in mixtures, or in patches in the general 

 flower border ; whichever way is deter- 

 mined upon, the soil should be prepared 

 by the addition of a portion of fresh 

 loam and very much decayed dung, well 

 mixed with the original soil. 



Diseases. China- Asters are subject to 

 die off suddenly. There is no remedy 

 when this occurs but to pull up the 

 sickly plants and remove the soil ; put 

 in some fresh, and replant from the re- 

 serve stock a stock that ought always 

 to be kept ready for such occasions. 



Insects. The green fly sometimes, 

 during a dry season, attacks these plants. 

 Either sprinkle with tobacco water or 

 Scotch snuff to destroy them. Do this 

 in the evening of a fine day, and wash it 

 off in the morning with the syringe. 



CALLISTE'MON. (From kalistos, most 

 beautiful, and stemon, a stamen; refer- 

 ring to the graceful long scarlet stamens. 

 Nat. ord., Myrtkblooms [Myrtacese]. 

 Linn., 12-Icoscmdria, \-Monoyynia. Al- 

 lied to Leptospcrmum). Greenhouse 

 evergreen shrubs from New Holland, 

 with pea-like blossoms. Seeds sown in a 

 hotbed in March ; cuttings of firm but not 

 solid wood, in sandy loam, under a bell- 

 glass, in April or May ; turfy peat, sandy 

 and fibry loam, and a few pieces of char- 

 coal. Summer temp., 50 to 70 ; win- 

 ter, 40 to 45. 

 C. brachya' ndrum (short-stamened) . 3. 



low. October. 1848. 

 formo'sum (handsome). 5. 1824. 



lanceola'tum (spear-leaved). 10. Crimson. 



June. 1788. 



leptosta'chyum (slender-spiked). 6. Green. 



June. 1820. 



I linear if o' Hum (narrow-leaved). 10. Red. 

 May. 1820. 



linea're (narrow). 6. Scarlet. June. 1728. 



lopa'nthum (crest-flowered). 6. Purple. 



June. 1800. 



marffina'tum (bordered). 6. 1816. 



microphy'llum (small-leaved). 5. 1824. 



mycrosta' chyum (small-spiked). 5. Red. 



March. 1836. 



~ phceni'ceum (purple). 3. Purplish. March. 

 1843, 



pinifu'lium (Pine-leaved). 6. Green. June 



ptfngens (stinging). 6. May. 1827. 



ri'yidum (stiff). 5. Cream. April. 1800. 



ruyulo'sum (small-wrinkled). 6. Pink. May. 



1821. 



soli' gnus (willow-leaved). 6. June. 1788. 



sea' ber( rough). 4. July. 1820. 



semperflo' rens (ever-blooming). 6. Crimson. 



April. 1818. 



specio' sum (showy). 10. Crimson. April. 



1822. 



vimina'le (twiggy). 10. Red. April. 1800. 



mridiflo'rum (green-flowered). 5. Green. 



July. 1818. 



CALLI'TRIS. (From kalos, beautiful ; 

 referring to the whole plant. Nat. ord., 

 Conifers [Pinacese]. Linn., 21-J/w/um, 

 13-Polyandria.. Allied to Thuja). The 

 wood of C. quadrivalvis is in great de- 

 mand by the Turks, who use it for the 

 ceilings and floors of their mosques, as 

 they believe it to be indestructible. 

 Greenhouse evergreen cypress-like trees. 

 Seeds and cuttings, under a hand light 

 in autumn, and protected by a cold pit; 

 sandy loam, generally protected under a 

 glass in winter, though there seems rea- 

 son to believe they would flourish out of 

 doors, in the warmer parts of England, 

 nearly as well as several of the Cy- 

 presses. 



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