DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 139 
BROWALLIA.—B.Lvse AMETHYST. 
[Named by Linnzas, in honor of John Browallius.] 
Browi4llia elata.—A tender annual from Peru. It 
grows one and a half foot high, and bears an abundance 
of small brilliant blue flowers, from July to September. 
There is also a variety with white flowers, 
To have it in perfection, it should be sown in hot-beds, 
and transplanted into the border in June. The plants 
are quite minute when they first make their appearance, 
and unless protected from the sun, are liable to be 
destroyed. The same be said of nearly all plants with 
very fine seed. In the open ground, about the middle of 
May, is a suitable time for planting. 
CALANDRINIA. 
[Named after Calandrini, a German botanist.] 
Calandrinia grandifl6ra.—Great-flowering.—This is 4 
halfhardy annual; grows two feet high; blooms from 
June to October. It is a fine plant for growing in mas- 
ses. When the fine, rosy lilac flowers of this very beau- 
tiful plant are fully expanded, being produced in vast 
profusion, and continuing for so long time in bloom, they 
make a pleasing appearance, and never fail to give ample 
satisfaction. To have it in its greatest perfection,the seed 
should be planted in pots, and placed in a hot-bed early 
in the spring. In June ‘the plants should be turned into 
the ground. The soil should be a rich sandy loam. 
C. discolor is in habit very much like the other; the 
foliage is purple on the under side; it requires the same 
treatment. C. Burridgii, C. speciosa, and C. umbellata, 
are all handsome species or varieties, but rather delicate, 
and not perhaps desirable except in extensive collections. 
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