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FLORA AND SYLVA, 



planting out. Being in favour while the 

 "bedding" craze was at its height the 

 Calceolarias never had a fair trial in ways 

 that would have given better results, for 

 success often comes with a careful choice 

 of ground, not easy to secure when 

 planting to line. The effect of the larger 

 kinds massed against a screen of Yew or 

 Holly is very beautiful, while the clear 

 yellows are striking in contrast with the 

 blue of Salvia patens, or colonies of 

 Cornflower ; but a skilful gardener will 

 find endless ways of using the plants to 

 purpose, set here and there to follow 

 their own ways in the moist and shel- 

 tered corners best suited to their varying 

 needs. If the soil is not too rich their 

 growth is sturdier, more wiry, and less 

 subject to disease. 



Calceolaria adscendens. — A sub-shrubby 

 species with slender reddish stems, small rough 

 leaves, sharply toothed, and yellow flowers. 

 Formerly much used in bedding. Chili. Syn. 

 C. rugosa. 



C. alba.—K beautiful and distinct shrub 

 of neat habit, with long slender stems, narrow 

 grey leaves of 3 to 4 inches, and clusters of 

 white flowers. It is rare even in Chili, first 

 brought here in 1844, then lost, and reintro- 

 duced a few years since. Not being a robust 

 plant it is safest in a cool house, but has done 

 well at Kew and other places in the south, 

 planted beneath a warm wall and even passing 

 a mild winter in the open air. It grows about 

 3 feet and is loaded with flowers from August 

 into October; under glass it is pretty in pots 

 or baskets. 



C. amplexicaulis. — A handsome plant and 

 one still grown for its vigour and beauty. It is 

 of stout growth, with soft leaves of dark green 

 encircling the stem, and heavy clusters of pale 

 yellow flowers. Large old plants of this kind 

 are useful as standing more heat and drought 

 than other kinds, and free from disease. It is 

 one of the best for planting out, whether 

 grouped or left to ramble near walls, and its 

 flowers are renewed from suckers till far into 



autumn. Peru and Ecuador. A variety, Albe- 

 scens^ bears paler flowers approaching white. 

 A kind coming very near this is 67. crenata ; its 

 leaves are a little rounder, with flowers of a 

 paler yellow. 



C. andina. — A rare shrubby kind from 

 Chili, pretty even when quite small and with a 

 long season of beauty. Itsleaves are small, thick, 

 and hairy, carried upon slender stems, with 

 many heads of yellow flowers during summer. 



C.arachnoidea. — A distinct kind which in 

 crossing has influenced the race of garden hy- 

 brids. Its large leaves are clothed with whitish 

 down ; flowers of rich purple, crumpled and 

 irregular in outline. Brought from the high 

 valleys of Chili, where it grows in hard gravel 

 soil and is valued for a crimson dye, brilliant 

 and enduring, obtained from its roots and used 

 for woollen fabrics. Syn. C. tinctoria. There is 

 a variety alba with white flowers. 



C. bellidifolia. — A hardy perennial species 

 varying much in form and height, from stems 

 of a few inches to over a foot high. A graceful 

 plant of slender growth, with tufted leaves like 

 a Daisy, and large yellow and red flowers with 

 a big lower lip. High mountains of Chili. 



C. bicolor. — A low shrub of trailing habit, 

 branching freely, distinct in colour, its long 

 shoots bearing roughly toothed leaves of 2 to 

 3 inches and long loose clusters of white and 

 yellow flowers, of medium size and peculiar 

 shape, the lower lipcurling right over the tiny 

 upperone. Should be grown freely during sum- 

 mer and potted up for winter use under glass ; 

 also grown as a pillar plant. Rarely becomes 

 diseased. Peru. 



C. Burbidgei. — A good greenhouse kind, 

 vigorous and constant in its winter bloom. It 

 was raised some twenty-five years ago as a 

 cross between C.fuchsicefolia and the robust C. 

 Pavonii, and named after its raiser. It is hardier 

 than its parents, living for many years and form- 

 ing strong woody shoots of 6 to 8 feet, while 

 planted in the greenhouse as a pillar plant it 

 sometimes grows 15 feet. It needs room and 

 is ungainly in small houses ; it flowers from 

 August far into the winter and is evergreen, 

 with hoary leaves in pairs and large flowers of 

 rich yellow upon stems so stout as to stand 

 without stakes, spite of their length. New 

 shoots constantly rise from the base to replace 

 those that have flowered. When confined it 



