8o PLANT CULTURE 



ing a foothold on them by fumigation. Several of the species of 

 Calceolaria are much easier to grow than the hybrids, and some of 

 them are very ornamental. C. scabiosmjolia, a sort with compound 

 leaves, may be flowered a few weeks from the seedling stage by 

 keeping the plants in small pots. It may, however, be grown 3 feet 

 high by shifting when necessary. Seeds may be sown from August to 

 January. The soil should be of an open nature; cow manure and 

 leafmold should form one-fourth of the mixture. 



CALLISTEMON (Bottle Brush). The Callistemons, especially 

 C. lanceolalus, C. rigidus, C. speciosus, make interesting flowering 

 plants in early Spring for a cool conservatory. 



Culture. The5' may be treated much in the same way as 

 Acacias. 



Propagation. Young plants are gotten up from seed, but they 

 take a longer time to flower than when raised from cuttings: neither 

 are they so free blooming. 



CAMELLIA. Two species, C. japonica and C. Sasanqua, are 

 grown and some old plants of these relics of the past will occasion- 

 ally be found in old-established greenhouses. They are kept, es- 

 pecially the white varieties, solely for the flowers, which are used in 

 making up designs. In private and public gardens we see them 

 oftener, and in such places they should be more grown, as they are 

 capable of making exceedingly attractive displays during the Win- 

 ter months. 



Culture. Potting is best done after the flowers fall. Loam 

 two parts, peat or leafmold one part, and about one-sixth of the 

 whole, sand, will make a good potting compost. They thrive best 

 with limited root room. 



Propagation. The varieties are perpetuated by cuttings of 

 the ripe growths in late Summer, or by grafting before the growth 

 starts, using stocks of strong-growing kinds, raised from cuttings. 



CANNAS FOR WINTER BLOOMING. During Winter 

 these plants respond very readily when anything Kke fair treatment 

 is given, in the production of large heads of bloom. In fact, in a 

 warm, sunny house, many of the kinds are equally as fine as they 

 are in Summer, and some of them last 'onger in bloom, owing to 

 the conditions for the production of good flowers being more under 

 control. The orchid-flowered Cannas, that is, those having C. 

 flaccida blood in them, are not well suited for outdoor work, as 

 their flowers are too soft to withstand the glare of the hot sun ; but 

 for pot plants in Winter they are useful. 



