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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY, 



CALANTHE. 



This is a genus of beautiful plants, the flowers of which 

 are particularly handsome, forming generally a dense spike, 

 the colour of which is usually white. C. veratrifolid, from 

 the East Indies, has a dense spike of many white flowers, 

 and the leaves are long and plaited ; sylvatica has a looser 

 spike of white blossoms ; densiflora has a dense spike of 

 yellow flowers ; and there are other species with orange and 

 pale yellow blossoms ; they are natives of the East Indies, 

 Japan, etc. The soil should be peat, loam, and sand; and 

 though they require much water when growing, the pots 

 should be well drained. 



CALOCHILUS. 



This is an Australian genus of small Orchids, of which 

 C. campestris has green and brown, and paludosus brown 

 flowers ; they grow about a foot high. The roots may be 

 divided, and they require turfy peat, loam, and sand. 



CALOPOGON. 

 A North American genus, of which C. pulchellus has been 



