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CASSELL'S POPULAR aAKDENING. 



to be sufficient for most balconies, and well varied in 

 colours and in habit of growth. 



will murder the name of 



Amberboa odorata — th.e yel- 

 low Sweet Sultan— grows 

 about eighteen inches 

 Ij^h, and has sweetly- 

 scented lemon - coloured 

 flowers in July and Au- 

 gust. 



liirtouia aurea— nearly two 

 feet high, and has large, 

 >-howy yellow flowers from 

 June to October. It is 

 particularly attractive to 

 bees. 



Calendula officinalis — the 

 double Marigold — has 

 showy orange flowers, 

 about a foot high, from 

 June until autumn. 



Chrysanthemum carinatum 

 — this is a very variable 

 species, the flowers having 

 combinations of crimson, 

 yellow, white, and, black 

 in great variety ; it grows 

 from one to two and a 

 balf feet high, and blooms 

 from Jnne to September. 



Clarkia pulchella is an ele- 

 gant plant from eighteen 

 inches to two feet high, 

 having purple, magenta, 

 rosy, or white flowers, 

 from June to October. 



Collinsia bicolor grows about 

 one foot high, and is much 

 branched, its flowers be- 

 ing lilac and white, and 

 appearing from May until 

 September. 



Convolvulus tricolor — this 

 is the minor Convolvulus 

 of gardens ; it grows a foot 

 high, aud has flowers of 

 dark purple, violet, blue, 

 lilac, and white, which 

 last from June to October. 



Coreopsis tinetoria has 

 (■range, or dark reddish- 

 orange flowers, which last 

 Jrom July to September. 

 It frrows nearly three feet 

 high, andean be kept con- 

 tinuously in blossom by 

 removing the faded flower- 

 heads. 



Delphinium consolida— the 

 Branching Larkspur— pro- 

 duces flowers of blue, pink 

 or white, from June to 

 September, and grows 

 about a foot high. 

 Bianthus chineiisis — the so- 

 called Indian Pinks are 

 really Chinese Pinks, 

 while some of the best 

 varieties of them, Hedde- 

 wjgii and laciuiatus, came 

 to us from Japan. Their 

 colours are very brilliant, 

 being in shades of purple, 

 (-armine, crimson, and 

 white, some being striped, 

 S"me spotted, and they 

 grow about ten inches 

 iiii^h. They flower from 

 June to September, 

 Erysimum Peroffskiauum — 

 grows nearlytwo feet high 



' and has deep, rich, orange 

 flowers from' May to Au- 



','USt. 



E chscholtzia califomica — 

 it is a pity that people 



this beautiful plant by 

 calling it Eskolteha; the 

 proper pronunciation is 

 Esh-sholt-zia. Generally 

 it is of a pure deep yellow, 

 sometimes white, some- 

 times orange, and grows 

 a foot high, flowering all 

 through summer and 

 autumn. 

 Gilia tricolor — a pretty, 

 slender plant, growing a 

 foot high, and fl.owering 

 from July to September. 

 It is usually purple and 

 hlac, with black near the 

 centre ; but th fre are pink 

 and white varieties. 

 Godetia Whitneyi hears a 

 profusion of bright pink 

 flowers, each petal having 

 a large crimson spot on it. 

 The blossoms are nearly 

 four inches across, aod yet 

 the plants are not more 

 than one foot in height. 

 It reumius in bloom from 

 June to September. 

 Iberis umbellata — the com- 

 mon Caudy - tuft— would 

 be more correctly called 

 Candia-tuft, from the is- 

 land whence it came. It 

 grows £}.bout a foot high, 

 and blooms from May to 

 August. It is generally 

 purple, though often seen 

 crimson, pink, and white, 

 lonopsidium acau'e — this di- 

 minutive but free-fi,ower- 

 ing plant, may be had 

 in blossom from Am'il till 

 October. It is lilac or 

 violet and white, aud not 

 more than three inches 

 high. 

 Linaria Gym balaria is a deli- 

 c:ite ht-tle trailiuy plant, 

 which hangs prettily over 

 the edges and down the 

 sides of a hanging pot. Its 

 flowers are pale lilac, aud 

 appear in May, It do-^.s 

 best in brick rubbish, old 

 mortar, or other poor soil. 

 Linum grandifloram — mc^t 

 of the si>ecies of Flax have 

 blue flowers, but the blos- 

 soms of this species are 

 either crimson or scarlet, 

 coming out in June, July, 

 and August. The plants 

 grow about afoot high. 

 Lupinus Cruickshanki — a 

 single .seed of this fine 

 plant should be sown in 

 the middle of a gond-sized 

 pot, as it will grow four 

 feet high. Its Pea-like 

 flowers are blue and yel- 

 low, changing to pink as 

 they go off. It blossoms 

 from June to September. 

 Malcolmia maritima — the 

 Virginian Stock, has lilac, 

 pink, or white flowers, 

 find grows about a foot 

 high, blossoming from 

 June till August. The 

 seed should be sown 

 rather thickly, and tlia 

 young plants, which are 



of slender habit, look best 

 when supported i -y a few 

 thi'eads tied across the 

 pot to short sticks placed 

 near the rim, six or eight 

 inches above the soil. 



Mimulns cupreus is a very 

 variable plant, its flowers 

 being usually orange, 

 though sometimes crim- 

 son, - scarlet, yellow, or 

 nearly white, and ofteu 

 beautifully spotted or 

 blotched with a darker 

 colour. It grows nine 

 inches high, aud is in 

 flower from June to Sep- 

 tember ; it likes a moist 

 soil. 



Nemophila insignis has 

 large sky - blue flowers 

 with a white centre, and 

 grows about nine inches 

 bigh, flowering from June 

 until the autumn. 



Eeseda odorata— Migno- 



nette— is grown only for 

 its perfume, since there is 

 nothing in the form or 

 colour of its flowers to re- 

 commend it. It is usually 

 in bloom from July to 

 September, growing about 

 a foot high. There are 

 several varieties, some 

 more sweetly scented 

 aud highly coloured than , 

 others. 



Sapouaria calabrica' — this 

 may be had in flower from 

 early spring to late au- 

 tumn. It 13 a compact 

 plant, producing a profu- 

 f usion of little bright pink 

 blossoms, and growing 

 about a toot in height. 



"Whitlavia gr.uidifloj-a grows 

 two feet, and bears fine 

 bell-shaped flowers either 

 blue, or white, or blue and 

 white. It is in flower from 

 June till October. 



HOT-HOUSE OE STOVE PLANTS. 



By "William Hugh Gowek. 



Portlandia. — This is a superb family of plants, 

 belonging to the Cinchonacece, and named in honour of 

 the Duchess of Portland. These plants enjoy abun- 

 dance of heat aud moisture. Pot in a compost of 

 peat, loam, and sand. Stove. 



ppreading limb, frE^rant 

 and pure white, with a 

 faint stain of red inside 

 the tube Summer 

 months. Jamaica. 

 P. platantha — tliis is both 

 dwarfer and a more abun- 

 dant bloomer than the pre- 

 ceding species ; leaves 

 broad, obovate elliptic, 

 coriaceous and rich bright 

 green ; flowers axillary, 

 the lobes of the lirablarge 

 and spreading, pure white. 

 Summer months. Tropi- 

 cal America. 



P. coccinea— a dwarf species 

 witti opposite ovate noi'ia- 

 ceous leaves, dark shining 

 green ; flowers trumi'et- 

 shaped, with a sprea'iing 

 limb, bright scarlet. 

 Summer and autumn 

 months. Jamaica. 



P. gi'andiflora— this species 

 attains a height of twelve 

 feet or more ; leaves op- 

 posite.laucpolate elliptical 

 aud sbining dark green; 

 flowers axillary, trumpet- 

 shaped, nearly six inches 

 long, with a five -lo bed 



Pothos, — A genus of climbing Orontiads, which 

 may be used to advantage either as basket plants, or 

 for covering walls in the stove ; they are also very 

 ornamental when climbing up tree-fern stems, or in 

 any similar situations. They enjoy shade, heat, and 

 moisture ; pot in rough peat- and sphagnum. Stove. 



P. auret— a bandsomp plant 



having mui^h - branched 



stems, which support 



lai^e un>^qual cordate 



leaves ; ground - colour 



dark green, irregularly 



banded, mottled, and 



splashed with golden - 



yellow and creamy -yellow. 



Solomon Islands. 

 P. celo.toca-ulis— this plant 



lies perfectly flat upon the 



stems of whatever it may 



climb ; the leaves are dark 



green, and have much the 

 appearauce of a Marc- 

 graavia. 



F. flexuosa — the leaves of 

 this plant are alternate 

 and arranged ia a two- 

 ranked manner, oblong, 

 about six inches in length 

 and light greeo. East 

 India. 



P. picta — leaves somewhat 

 ovate, deep green, mar- 

 bled with silvery- white. 

 Java and Borneo. 



