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from tlie largest flowers, but from sucii as are finely 

 marked, of good size, and symmetrical in form, 

 combined with, a good babit of growth. If his strain 

 happens to be of indifferent quality, he should 

 obtain seed of a good one fi-om some reliable seeds- 

 man. Xo list of varieties can be given, because the 



as soon as the young plants are established, the 

 shoots should be stojjped, i.e., pinched back; the 

 result is that they break out into lateral growth's, and 

 by tjing out these shoots, fine specimen plants are 

 secured. The principal growth of the plants will be 

 made after Christmas. The general treatment is 



Calceolaeias. 



practice of naming fine varieties is no longer fol- 

 lowed. 



Tlegarding the Shrubby Calceolarias, a few varieties 

 of which can still be obtained, it may be remarked 

 that they very seldom furnish seeds, and have to be 

 propagated by means of cuttings. Growing young 

 shoots strike freely towards the end of the siraimer, 

 when the sxm's heat is on the decline. The cuttinc-s 

 can be put in. pots of sandy soil, and placed in a cold 

 frame, and when they are struck they require to be 

 pott ed off singly into pots, returned to the frame, and 



the same as that recommended for the Herbaceous 



Calceolarias, but they will bear a gi-eater amount of 



exposure, being of more robust constitution. 



The following varieties are now cultivated : — 



Golden Gem. | Sparkler. 



General Havelock. | . B' rbid^ei 



Invincible. i Vicroria. 



Tlie Beddino- Calceolarias are treated of under the 



head of " Bedding Plants." 



The Chrysanthemum. — This name is derived 

 from chrysos, gold, and anthos, a flower. Tae 



