LIST OF FLOWERS 



CACALIA. C. coccinea, sometimes called the Tassel Flower, is 

 a hardy annual with vivid scarlet blossoms, growing from 12 to 

 18 inches high, and well suited for a mixed border. 



CALAMPELIS. See Ecceemocarpus. 



CALANDRINIA. There are several varieties but some are not 

 of much value. C. umhellata can, however, be recommended for the 

 Rock Garden, where it probably will maintain itself as a perennial, 

 as it thrives in light, well-drained soil. The flower is of a brilliant 

 crimson colour and may be easily raised from seed sown in spring 

 in a frame, the seedlings being pricked out as soon as they will bear 

 it and transplanted to the open in May or June. 



CALCEOLARIA. The herbaceous Calceolaria is usually classed 

 as a greenhouse perennial, but its progagation from seed will well 

 repay the trouble involved, as by this means the best and newest 

 varieties may be obtained. Seed should be sown in a cool house in 

 May or June, in pots or pans filled with a rich, porous soil, care being 

 taken to distribute it evenly, as it is very fine. It should be covered 

 with a mere dusting of fine earth, and if water is required before the 

 seed germinates it should be given by partially submerging the pan. 

 As soon as it is possible to handle the seedlings they should be pricked 

 off into other pots, and in about a month's time, when they should 

 have four or five leaves each, they should be carefuUy transferred into 

 small single pots, and by September they may be transferred into 

 larger pots to abide the winter. Air, light, water and moderate heat 

 are the essential requirements, and with these conditions fulfilled 

 the plants will begin to have vigorous growth ^arly in March. The 

 miniature, small-flowered type is also weU worth cultivation; it has 

 a daintiness of growth and character which renders it very alluring. 



CALENDULA [Garden Marigold). A familiar hardy annual of 

 which there are many pleasing varieties. It will thrive in almost 

 any soil and makes a showy border plant, continuing a long time in 

 bloom if the withered flowers are at once removed. C officinalis 

 is the single yeUow flower of the cottage garden, but the large double- 

 flowered variety of deep orange colour, known as Orange Cockade 

 or Prince of Orange, and the single pure white (Pluvialis) are better 

 worth attention. 



CALIFORNIAN FUCHSIA. See Zauschneria. 

 CALIFORNIA^ HYACINTH. See Brodi^a. 

 CALIFORNIAN POPPY. See Eschscholtzia. 



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