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FLORA AND SYLVA, 



with stems rising well above the foliage, but 

 rarely a foot high in all. Its leaves are of a 

 deeper green than in other kinds with small 

 yellow flowers, tinged with green especially 

 on the outside, and slightly fragrant ; pretty 

 for cutting, being well displayed on branching 

 stems. It opens early in June, often flowering 

 again in the autumn. Good as a rock-plant, as 

 less rambling than the bolder sorts, andpleasing 

 in its soft colour. Siberia, N.China,and Japan. 

 Syns. H. graminea, graminifolia, and pumila. 



Thunberg's Day Lily (H. Thunbergii) . — 

 A fine dwarf kind, profuse in flower, and one 

 of the best, but not often found true to name 

 though easily known by the flat, thickened 

 upper part of the flower-stem. It comes very 

 near to H. jiava, but is dwarfer and more vigor- 

 ous,blooming much later,with fragrant flowers 

 of a pale sulphur-yellow more open in the 

 throat. It is very useful in succession and for 

 cutting, blooming in July. Japan. Some doubt 

 exists as to the classing of this plant, but most 

 botanists now treat it as a species, though near- 

 ly allied to some other kinds. 



There are now many seedlings 

 Hybrids. offered by the trade, some of 



which are good and distinct. 

 Those best known in this country are Apricot, 

 a pretty plant of medium height, with flowers 

 of a warm apricot colour in June ; Aureole, a 

 Japanese cross of sturdy habit, with distinct 

 flowers of dark orange ; Eastmere, a hybrid of 

 Jiava and Dumortierii ; jlavo-Middendorffii, a 

 cross raised in Germany, with flowers of pale 

 yellow like Jiava in form, but nearer its other 

 parent in leaf and colour ; Flam/d, a new and 

 pretty seedling, useful for its very early flowers 

 of orange-yellow upon long stems ; Frances, 

 with small flowers of clear yellow ; Gold Dust, 

 with flowers of bright yellow during June. 

 Luteola, a seedling of Messrs. Wallace, of Col- 

 chester, is a plant of great vigour and beauty 

 of flower; these come freely upon tall branched 

 stems, and as large as in aurantiaca major — 

 one of its parents. Orangeman is a dwarf plant 

 of slender growth and clear orange flowers 

 through June and July ; Dr. Regel, a late kind, 

 rich in colour, lasting well into autumn ; and 

 Sovereign, with large flowers of soft chrome 

 yellow in July, their petals broad and prettily 

 bronzed on the outside. B. 



CALCEOLARIAS, WITH PLATE 

 OF CALCEOLARIA PLANTA- 

 GINEA * 



Somewhat out of fashion in our day, 

 these distinct plants have good qualities 

 for gardens, in which the hardier sorts 

 are seldom seen well placed. Many as 

 have been the kinds introduced, it is fair 

 to suppose that, in the vast stretch of 

 country from which they come, there 

 are beautiful Slipperworts still unknown 

 to us. In common with so many plants 

 of the Andes, the Calceolarias mostly 

 thrive better in the north and north-west 

 of Britain than in other parts, and hence 

 we find the Plantain Slipperwort (C. 

 plantagined) described as flourishing in 

 Scotland some forty years ago, having 

 come from Chili as long ago as 1826. 

 From our plate, painted at Warley in 

 Essex, it is plainly possible to grow such 

 plants well in the south, spite of the drier 

 heat of summer and the "mugginess" 

 of winter, which are most against them. 

 Of the plant itself our portrait is the best 

 description, its smooth, tufted leaves 

 suggesting the wild Plantain after which 

 it is named. Suffering mostly from damp 

 in winter, it should be planted on raised 

 slopes of the rock-garden and its lower 

 leaves kept from touching the soil by 

 flat, porous stones ; as they die away in 

 winter (the plant being then leafless) it 

 is well to remove them, to prevent that 

 damp decay which is the worst enemy 

 of the dormant crowns. With these aids 

 it becomes a useful rock-plant, quite 

 hardy at the root, even in the sharp 

 winters of North Britain. When starting 

 again in spring old plants need careful 

 watching for slugs, which eat away the 



* From a drawing by H. G. Moon at Warley Place, Essex. 



