ENCYCLOPZDIA OF GARDENING. 
apart in Nov. Keep lights on in frosty weather; off night & day in 
fair weather. Waterin dry weather. Lift & replant every three years. 
POT CULTURE: Use same compost as advised for frame culture. 
Place a dozen bulbs 2in, deep in a 5in. pot in Nov. Cover pots with 
‘ashes in cold frame, & give no water. Remove pots from ashes in Jan. 
& place in cool greenhouse near glass. Water moderately till after 
flowering, then gradually withhold it. Repot annually in Nov. 
OUTDOOR CULTURE: Plant bulbs in similar soil & manner to that 
advised for frames. Bed must be dry in winter, sunny, at foot of 
south wall. Propagate by seeds sown 4in. deep in pans of sandy soil 
in temp. 45° to 55° in March, transplanting seedlings following year 
into small pots & treating similar to old bulbs; by offsets planted like 
bulbs in Nov. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: C. albus (Syn. Cyclobothra alba), white, July, 1 ft.; 
Amoenus (Syn. Cyolobothra amcena), pink, July, 1 ft.; Benthamii, yellow, July, 
8 in.; Cmruleus, lilac-blue, July, 6 in.; clavatus, yellow, July, 2} ft.; elegans, 
white, June, 9 in.; Gunnisonii, white, July, 2 ft.; Howellii, white, July, 18 in.; 
Kennedyi, orange-red, July, 2} ft.; lilacinus, lilac, July, 9 in.; lutens, yellow, 
July, 1 ft.; Nuttallii (Syn. O. Leitchlinii), white, June, 6 in.; pulchellus (Syn. 
Cyclobothra pulchella), yellow, July, 1 ft.; Purdyi, white, July, 1 ft.; splendens, 
lilac, July, 1 ft.; venustus, white, July, 18 in. A number of varieties will be 
found in specialists’ lists. 
Calodendron (Cape Chestnut)—Ord. Rutacew. Greenhouse 
flowering shrub. Evergreen. First introduced 1789. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts loam, one part peat & sand. Posi- 
tion, pots or tubs, sunny. Pot & prune, March. Water moderately 
Sept. to March, freely afterwards. Temp., Sept. to March 50° to 55°; 
March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Propagate by cuttings of shoots 3 in. long 
inserted in aaaty soil under bell-glass in temp. 60° in June or July. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: O. capense, pink, summer, 10 ft., 8. Africa. 
Calophaca.—Ord. Leguminose. Hardy deciduous flowering 
shrubs. First introduced 1786. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, open shrubbery. Plant, Oct. 
to Feb. Propagate by seeds sown }in. deep in Nov. or March; by 
grafting on common laburnum in March. 
SPEOIES OULTIVATED: C. woolgarica, yellow, June, 3 ft., 8. Russia. 
Calopogon (Grass Pink Orchis).—Ord. Orchidacew. Hardy her- 
baceous orchid. First introduced 1791. 
CULTURE: Soil, peaty. Position, moist, sheltered rockery. Plant, 
March or April. May also be grown in equal parts peat & loam in pots 
in cold frames or greenhouses. Propagate by offsets treated as old 
ants. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: O. multiflorus, purple, summer, 1 ft.; pulchellus, 
purple, July, 18 in., N. America. 
alostemma.—ord. Amaryllidacew. Greenhouse flowering 
bulbous perennials. First introduced 1819. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts loam, one part peat & sand. Pot, Aug. 
Position, sunny greenhouse. Water freely March to July, moderately 
July to Sept., very little afterwards. Temp., Sept. to March 45° to 50°; 
March to Sept. 55° to 65°. Propagate by offsets at potting time. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: O. album, white, May, 1 ft., N. Australia; luteum, 
yellow, Nov., 1 ft., Australia; purpureum, purple, Nov., 1 ft., Australia; purpureum 
carneum, pale purple. 
Caltha (Marsh Marigold; Goldings; Water Gowan; Double Marsh 
Marigold)—Ord. Ranunculacew. Hardy herbaceous perennials. 
CULTURE: Soil, rich. Position, damp borders, or banks of ponds, 
streams or lakes. Plant, Oct. or March. Propagate by division of 
roots in March or July. ; 
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