172 GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



A noble plant, it flowers freely when treated as 

 under : suckers are removed from the parent plant 

 in December, at which time it flowers, when it is 

 placed in the conservatory. The suckers are to be 

 planted in No. 48 pots, and plunged in the bark- 

 bed ; as they fill their pots with roots, they are to 

 be shifted into the next size pots, until they are in 

 large No. 24, in which pots they flower : the last 

 shifting ought to be in June. 



Soil. — Two parts light turfy loam or decom- 

 posed dung, with a portion of rough sand ; the pot 

 to be well drained. 



Water. — Give freely from April to August; 

 then withhold it altogether for two months, and 

 afterwards let it have a good supply. The flower 

 stems soon appear, and when in flower, it should 

 occupy the warmest part of the conservatory. 



CALCEOLARIA BICOLOR. 

 Class, Diandria. Order, Monogynia. 



ScROPHULARINiE. 



Native of Peru, 1829. — Propagation, cuttings, 

 seeds. 



It is a pity this plant should be so much neg- 

 lected : its fine foliage contrasted with its flowers 

 render it a pleasing ornament to the conservatory 

 during the months of November and December. 

 Strike cuttings in May ; pot them in No. 48, and 

 continue to shift and tie them to stakes as they ad- 



