RAISING CALCEOLARIAS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



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they must bo placed in boxes, beds, pans, or pots, 

 of sandy soil, under glass, and not subjected to a 

 very moist heat or they will damp off. 

 Calceolarias. — What is known as the shrubby sec- 

 tion are extensively used for summer bedding. 

 The most popular varieties are Aurea floribunda, 

 6 to 9 inches, yellow; Gaines' Yellow, 9 to 12 

 inches, rich deep yellow, and reliable ; General 

 Havelock, 12 to 15 inches, crimson scarlet; 

 Golden Gem, 12 inches, yellow; Sparkler, 12 to 

 15 inches, crimson and gold; and Sultan, 12 to 

 15 inches, dark crimson. With these may be 

 associated C. amplexicaulis, of somewhat loose 

 habit of growth ; colour, a pleasing soft yellow. 



Calceolarias are liable to die off wholesale if they 

 receive a severe check at or about planting time, 

 and they also fail in a very hot and dry position. 

 The most failures occur with plants turned out of 

 pots, and late planting is a mistake. The autumn 

 (September to November) is the best time to take 

 cuttings. As a rule, young, nowerless shoots are 

 plentiful then. Prepare beds in either pits or 

 frames, or for handlights, as advised for antir- 

 rhinums ; also insert the cuttings, and treat and 

 protect in the same way. In the spring, top 

 early, and temporarily bed out, 6 inches apart, 

 where the young calceolarias can be roughly pro- 

 tected when necessary. If kept properly supplied 



Fig. 100. Raising Calceolakias. 

 a, Cutting for insertion ; b, plant spoiled in pot ; c, plant well prepared, as advised in text. 



with water, strong, bushy plants will be ready for 

 the beds by the second or third week in May, 

 when they ought to be bedded out. They will 

 transplant with a good mass of soil adhering to 

 the roots, and prove greatly superior to plants 

 prepared in small pots, see Fig. 100. Calceolarias 

 should be planted in deeply dug moderately rich 

 soil, and be kept constantly moist at the roots. 



Cannas. — See Sub-tropical Garden. 



Chrysanthemums.— Early varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums are fast and deservedly becoming popular 

 as bedding plants. Novelties are being added to 

 the lists yearly, but the following very floriferous 

 varieties will not be quickly superseded :— Fiberta 

 and Flora, 18 inches, yellow ; Little Bob, dwarf, 



crimson ; La Petite Marie, 9 to 12 inches, white ; 

 Mrs. Cullingford, blush white, 10 to 12 inches; 

 Piercy's Seedling, 1 foot, bronze— all belonging to 

 the pompon section ; Madame Desgrange, white ; 

 G. Wermig, lemon yellow ; Mrs. Hawkins, rich 

 yellow— each 12 to 15 inches; Lady Fitzwygram, 

 12 to 15 inches, white; Harvest Home, 12 inches, 

 red tipped with gold ; Eoi de Precoces, 12 inches, 

 crimson ; and Eyecroft Glory, 12 inches, bronze 

 and yellow — all Japanese varieties. They com- 

 mence flowering in some instances as early as 

 J uly, and are very gay in September, the display, 

 weather permitting, lasting till November. If 

 beds or borders cannot be given up to them 

 during the summer, prepare plants in pots and 



