DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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Brachvcome. 



Briza. 



out in June, in rich, sandj' loam, in masses. Tender 

 annual, but perennial if protected in winter ; one-half to 

 one foot high. 



Calandrinia, grandifiora, rosj- lilac 5 



" umbellata, crimson ' 5 



CALEMPELIS. 



A beautiful, tender climber from Chili, with delicate 

 foliage and bright orange blossoms in racemes, freely 

 produced late in the season. The plants should be 

 started early in hot-bed. and potted when five leaves 

 have formed, and planted out in June. The seed is 

 difficult to vegetate. Tender perennial ; fifteen feet 

 high. 

 Calempelis, iEccre77ioca7-pus) scaber 10 



CALCEOLARIA. 



A favorite and universally admired genus, remarkable 

 for their large, beautifully spotted blossoms, which are 

 ver>' showj', and from which an almost countless num- 

 ber of hybrids have been raised. They are perennial, 

 are grown in pots in the conservator^', green-house and 

 garden : but few flowers are held in greater esteem. 

 They prefer a turfy loam, a mixture of peat and sand, or 

 a rich, open garden mold, and are propagated from seed 

 or cuttings. Some of them are herbaceous perennials, 

 others shrubby evergreens. 



Calceolaria, hybrida grandiflora. Flowers of im- 

 mense size ; seed saved from finest specimens. 

 Very choice 25 



Calceolaria, hybrida tigrina, flowers of the largest 

 dimensions ; beautifully maculated or spotted. 



Seed saved from choicest collection 25 



" rugosa, bedding variety ; shrubby ; grown in 

 and out of doors. Mixed seed, saved from the 

 finest sh rubby sorts only 25 





Caiempelis. 



Calceolaria Plant. 



opsis. 



