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CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENING. 



to be sufficient for most balconies, and well varied in 

 colours and in habit of growth. 



Amberboa odorata — the yel- 

 Jow Sweet Sultan— grows 

 about eighteeu inches 

 high, and has sweetly- 

 scented lemon - coloured 

 flowers in July aud Au- 

 gust. 



Bartouia aurea— nearly two 

 feet high, and has lar^e, 

 showy yellow flowers from 

 June to October. It is 

 particularly attractive to 

 Dees. 



Calendula officinalis — the 

 double Marigold — has 

 showy orange flowers, 

 about a foot bigb, from 

 June until autumn. 



Chrysanthemum carinatum 

 — this is a very variable 

 species, the flowers having 

 combinations of crimson, 

 yellow, white, and brick 

 in great variety ; it grows 

 from one to two and a 

 half feet high, and blooms 

 from June 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. 



Collinsiabicolorgrowsabout 

 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 toot 

 high, aud has flowers of 

 dark purple, violet, blue, 

 lilac, and. white, which 

 last from June to October. 



Core' >psis tinctoria has 

 orausje, or dark reddish- 

 orange flowers, which last 

 from July to September. 

 It grows nearly three feet 

 hi^'h, andean be kept con- 

 tinuously in blossom by 

 removing the faded flower- 

 heads. 



Delphinium consolida — the 

 Branching Lai kspur— pro- 

 duces fluwers of blue, pink 

 or white, fiom June to 

 September, and grows 

 about a foot high. 



Dianthus Chinensis — the so- 

 called Indian Pinks are 

 really Chinese Pinks, 

 while some of the best 

 varieties of them, Hedde- 

 wigii and laciniatus, came 

 to us from Japan. Their 

 Colours are very brilliant, 

 being in shades of purple, 

 carmine, crimson, and 

 white, some beintr striped, 

 some spotted, and they 

 grow about ten inches 

 high. They flower from 

 June to September. 



Erysimum Peroffskianum— 

 grows nearly two feet high 

 and has deep, rich, orange 

 flowers from May to Au- 

 gust. 



E^chscholtzia Californica — 

 it is a pity that people 



will murder the name of 

 this beautiful plant by 

 calling it Eskoltsba ; 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 flowering 

 from July to September. 

 It is usually purple and 

 lilac, with black near the 

 centre ; but there are pink 

 and white varieties. 



Godetia Whitneyi bears a 

 profusion of bi'ight pink 

 flowers, each petal having 

 a large crimson spot on it. 

 The blossoms are nearly 

 four inches across, aud yet 

 the plants are not more 

 than one foot in height. 

 It remains in bloom from 

 June to September. 



Iberis umbellata — the com- 

 mon Candy - tuft — would 

 be more correctly called 

 Candia-tuft, from the is- 

 land whence it came. It 

 grows about a foot high, 

 aud blooms from May to 

 August. It is generally 

 purple, though often seen 

 crimson, pink, and white. 



Iouopsidiumacau^e — this di- 

 minutive but free-flower- 

 ing plauu may be had 

 in blossom from April till 

 October. It is lilac or 

 violet and white, and not 

 more than three inches 

 high. 



Linaria Cymbalaria is a deli- 

 cate little trailing plant, 

 which hangs prettily over 

 the edges and down the 

 sides of a hanging pot. Its 

 flowers are pale lilac, and 

 appear in Ma}'. It does 

 best in brick rubbish, old 

 mortar, or other poor soil. 



Linum grandiflorum — most 

 of the species 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 a foot high. 



Lupinus Cruickshanki — a 

 single seed of this fine 

 plant should be sown in 

 the middle of a good-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. 



Mnlcolmia maritima — the 

 Virginian Stock, has lilac, 

 pink, or white flowers, 

 and grows about a foot 

 high, blossoming from 

 June till August. The 

 seed should be sown 

 rather thickly, and the 

 young plants, which are 



of slender habit, look best 

 when supported by a few 

 threads tied across the I 

 pot to short sticks placed 

 near the rim, six or eight 

 inches above the soil. 



Miuiulus cuureus is a very 

 variable plant, its flowers 

 being usually or.mge, 

 though sometimes crim- 

 son, scarlet, yellow, or 

 nearly white, aud often 

 beautifully spotted or 

 blotched with a darker I 

 colour. It grows nine 

 inches high, and is in 

 flower from June to Sap- j 

 tember ; it likes a moist 

 i-oii. _ | 



Nemophila insignis has 

 large sky - blue flowers 

 with a white centre, and 

 grows about nine inches 

 Li^h, flowering from June 

 until the autumn. 



Reseda odorata— Mign >- 



nette— is grown only for 

 its jierfume, since there is 

 nothing in the form or 

 colour of its flowers to re- 

 commend it. It is usually 

 iu bloom from July to 

 September, growing about 

 a foot high. There are 

 several varieties, some 

 more sweetly scented 

 aud highly coloured than 

 others. 



Saponaria Calabrica — this 

 may be had in fl jwer from 

 early spring to late au- 

 tumn. It is a compact 

 plant, producing a profu- 

 fusion of little bright pink 

 blossoms, and growing 

 about a loot in height. 



Whitlavia gr uidiflora 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 OR STOVE PLANTS. 



By William Hugh Gowek. 



Portlandia. — This is a superb family of plants, 



belonging to the Cmchonacece, and named in honour of 

 the Duchess of Portland. These plants enjoy abun- 

 dance of heat and moisture. Pot in a compost of 

 peat, loam, and sand. Stove. 



P. coccinea —a dwarf species 



wit'i opposite ovate <-oria- i 



ceous leaves, dark shining j 



green ; flowers trumpet- i 



shaped, with a spreading i 



limb, bright scarlet, i 



Summer and autumn j 

 months. Jamaica. 



P. grandiflora— this species ; 



attain* a height of twelve , 



feet or more ; leaves op- j 



posite.lanceolute elliptical , 



aud shining dark green; j 



flowers axillary, trumpet- ; 



shaped, nearly six inches j 



long, with a five - looed i 



spreading limb, fragrant 

 aud pure white, with a 

 faint stain of red inside 

 the tube Summer 

 months. Jamaica. 

 P. platantha — this is both 

 dwarf er and a more abun- 

 dant bloomer than the pre- 

 ceding s]) - > cies ; leaves 

 broad, obovate elliptic, 

 coriaceous a> d rich bright 

 green; flowers axillary, 

 the lobes of the limb large 

 and spreading, pur - white. 

 Summer months. Tropi- 

 cal Amerit a. 



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. aurea— a handsome plant 

 having minh - branched 

 stems, which support 

 large un- qual cordate 

 leaves ; ground - colour 

 dark green, irregularly 

 banded, mottled, and 

 svlashed with golde . - 

 yellow and creamy -yellow. 

 Solomon Islands. 



P. celatocaulis— this plant 

 lies perfectly flat upon the 

 stems of whatever it may 

 climb ; the leaves are dark 



green, and have much the 

 appearance of a Marc- 

 graavia. 

 P. flexuosus— the leaves of 

 this plant are alternate 

 and arranged iu a two- 

 ranked manner, oblong, 

 about six inches in length 

 and light green. East 

 Ind ; a. 



P. pictus— leaves somewhat 

 ovate, deep green, mar- 

 bled with silvery-white. 

 Java and Borneo. 



