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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



First arrange them thinly in boxes of soil, burying the tubers an inch below the 

 surface, and when they have formed numerous young roots, all may be placed in pots in 

 which they are to remain throughout the season, arranging them according to their 

 vigour, several tubers in a pot, if large specimens are desired. For the larger pots a 

 rough compost should be employed, and a little well-decayed manure may be added to 

 the soil for old tubers with advantage. Drain the pots thoroughly, and make the soil 

 moderately firm. Care must be taken not to overwater during the first month, but 

 when the soil is fully occupied by roots there should be no stint of either water or 

 liquid manure. Caladiums revel in moist heat, and though some shade is needed, it 

 should only be afforded during the hottest part of the day. Eemove all flower 

 stems as often as they are seen. If the plants are required for house or conservatory 

 decoration, they ought to be prepared for the change by gradually inuring them to 

 lowor temperatures, and they must be returned to the stove directly they lose their 

 freshness. Neglect this precaution, and many of the tubers will probably fail to 

 keep sound. The following beautiful varieties are chosen from the Chelsea collection 

 of Messrs. Veitch & Sons. 



Selection oe Caladiums. 



Twelve Dwarf Varieties. 



Lady Staffoed Northcote, rich deep-red, shaded 

 crimson. 



Mrs. McLeod, bright salmony-red. 

 Exquisite, bright red-carmine, light-green margin. 

 Baroness Schroeder, red with crimson veins. 

 Her Majesty, apple-green, silvery-white veins. 

 Lady Mosley, rose-carmine, bright carmine veins. 



Chelsea Gem, bright crimson-carmine. 

 Comte de Germiny, red mottled with white. 

 Duke of York, rose-carmine. 

 L. H. Moore, crimson-scarlet, self coloured. 

 La Lorraine, fiery-red, pale-green margin. 

 Le Nain Eouge, copper-red, round leaves. 



Twelve Tall or Medium Growers 



Marquis of Camden, sanguineous-red, and dark- 

 green. 



Silver Clodd, silvery-white, green and carmine 

 spots. 



Sir Julian Goldsmid, glowing red veins and reticu- 

 lations. 



Baron A. de Kothschild, dark-crimson, rose spots. 

 Candidum, white ground, green veins. 

 Gaspard Crazer, crimson centre, some green on 

 the margin. 



Louis A. Van Houtte, very dark red. 

 Mdme. E. Pynaert, deep carmine-red, self coloured. 

 Mdme. Johk Box, pale-rose ground, greenish- white 

 border. 



Princess of Teck, orange-red centre, yellow-green 

 border. 



Sir Henry Irving, creamy-white centre, mottled- 

 green border. 

 Mrs. Harry Veitch, dark-red. 



campylobotrys (Hoffmannia). — Although introduced from tropical countries, and 

 usually classed as stove-plants, all the species worthy of general cultivation succeed 

 remarkably well under warm greenhouse treatment, that is to say, in a temperature 



