CALCEOLARIA 



FOXGLOVE OBDEB 



ALONSOA 705 



This is very rarely met with, but has 

 been recorded in Irish gardens. 



Culture Sc. as above. Seeds sown in 

 heat in early spring, and planted out in 

 May or June. 



C. fuchsiaefolia. — A handsome Peru- 

 vian species of a shrubby nature. It 

 grows 2-3 ft. high, and has ovate serrate 

 leaves very much resembling those of 

 some Fuchsias. The clear yellow blossoms 

 are borne in late summer and autunmi, 

 the two lips being almost equal, but the 

 lower one more pouch-like than the upper. 



Culture do. as above. This species 

 likes cool and shaded spots in the garden 

 during the summer months, but it is not 

 hardy enough for our winters. 



C. hyssopifolia. — A shrubby Chilian 

 species, 1-2 ft. high, with sessile linear 

 lance-shaped acutish entire leaves. 

 Flowers from May to August, clear 

 yellow, whitish beneath, not hardy. 



Culture do. as above. Increased like 

 C. alba. 



C. kellyana. — An interesting hybrid 

 between C.plamtaginea a.nA C.Foihergilli 

 (the latter not now in cultivation pro- 

 bably) with short downy stems 6-9 in. 

 high, and almost spoon-shaped, irregu- 

 larly toothed leaves, in rosettes, all 

 springing from the root, and more or less 

 densely covered on both sides with soft 

 white hairs. Flowers in summer, nearly 

 1 in. across, deep yellow, with numerous 

 brown dots, 2-3 together on a stalk. 



Culture dc. as above. This is a hardy 

 plant, and may be grown in the rockery 

 or border in well-drained sandy soil. 



C. Pavoni. — A Peruvian species, 2-4 

 ft. high, with herbaceous stems, and 

 perfoliate, broadly ovate, coarsely toothed, 

 wrinkled leaves, covered with soft whitish 

 down on both sides. Flowers from June 

 to September, rich yellow and brown, in 

 large terminal clusters. A hybrid named 

 C. Burhidgei has been obtained between 

 this species and C. fuchsicBfoUa. It is a 

 strong-growing plant with yellow flowers. 



Culture d-c. as above. Increased by 

 cuttings or seeds. Not hardy, but 

 effective during its outdoor period of 

 blooming. 



C. plantaginea. — A Chilian stemless 

 herbaceous species, with rosettes of 

 radical, ovate-rhomboid, serrate, downy 

 leaves. Flowers in August, yellow, 2-3 

 on a hairy scape, about 1 ft. high. One 



of the parents of the hybrid C. kellyana 

 described above. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. rugfosa (C vntegrifoUa). — A shrubby 

 species, 1-1^ ft. high, native of Chili. 

 Leaves more or less ovate lance-shaped, 

 slightly toothed, wrinkled, rusty beneath, 

 with winged stalks, united at the base. 

 Flowers in late summer, yellow, in 

 terminal panicles. 



Culture do. as above. The well-known 

 bedding Calceolarias have been derived 

 from this species, as stated above. 



C. Sinclair!. — A straggling half-hardy 

 herb, remarkable in being a native of 

 New Zealand. Leaves membranous, 

 long-stalked, 2-4 in. long, oblong or ovate- 

 oblong, crenate toothed or slightly lobed. 

 Flowers in June, pale lilac or flesh- 

 coloured outside, spotted with reddish - 

 purple within, about i in. across, between 

 hemispherical and bell-shaped in outline. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 cuttings or seeds. Might prove useful 

 for hybridising with other species or 

 varieties in cultivation. 



C. tenella. — A dwarf perennial herb, 

 native of Chili. The whole plant is 

 covered with a clammy down, and has 

 broadly ovate crenate leaves about j in. 

 long. The flowers are golden-yellow with 

 a few red lines or spots. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. violacea. — A shrubby Chilian 

 species, about 2 ft. high, with stalked, 

 ovate lance-shaped, coarsely serrate 

 leaves, white beneath. Flowers in June, 

 pale violet, spotted with deeper violet 

 beneath, lip somewhat helmet-shaped, or 

 rather the two lips opening like a mouth 

 the interior of which is stained with 

 yellow and spotted with purple. 



C. mexicoMa from Mexico somewhat 

 resembles this species, but it has flattened 

 ' pouches ' of small bright yellow blos- 

 soms in August. It should be grown in 

 bold masses to produce any effect. 



Cultiire dc. as above. Suitable for 

 warm borders and parts of the rockery. 

 May be hardy with a little protection 

 in mild winters in the south. 



ALONSOA (Mask Flower) .—A small 

 genus of annual or perennial herbs, or 

 much-branched bushes, with 4-angled 

 herbaceous branchlets. Leaves mostly 

 opposite or ternately whorled, entire 

 or serrate, the upper ones bract-like. 



