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CALCEOLARIA HOPEANA, 
(mr. hope's slipper-wort.) 
class. order. 
DIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
SCROPHULARINiE. 
Generic Character — Ca?y<i' four-parted. Corolla two-lipped, inflated. Capsule four-valved. 
Hybrid Hopeana. — Perennial. Stem a foot or more high, clothed with pubescence. Leaves broadly 
ovate-oblong, stalked, wrinkled, and veiny, unequally toothed, hairy, large, six inches long, and three 
or four broad. Flowers numerous, corymbose, pendulous. Flower-stalks slender, an inch and 
a half long. Ca^?/^ segments green, ovate, acute, rather reflexed. Corolla, bright yellow, two- 
lipped; upper lip short, shaped like a helmet; lower lip large, much inflated, with three to five 
ribs, spotted and striped with dark red inside the mouth. 
This beautiful hybrid was raised a few years ago, betwixt C. corymhosa and 
C. plantaginea. It is an exceeding free flowerer, and the colour of the flowers is 
of so rich a yellow that it is a very desirable plant for the green- house. 
Greater part of the hybrid herbaceous kinds will bear our winters in a frame, or 
even without a frame, if planted on a warm border, where they are sheltered from 
excessive rains and severe frost. In most situations, this can be easily done 
with hoops and mats, or by placing an inverted flower pot over each, or covering 
them with hand-glasses ; of these, the last is far the best : the two first plans shut 
out the light and air from the plants, the latter may be propped up all round for air, 
and the plants will also receive uninterrupted light through the glass. 
This plant thrives best, if a good portion of heath mould (sandy peat) be added 
to the soil in which it is grown. 
It is cultivated readily by division of the roots, but occasionally by cuttings and 
seeds, the best season for separating the roots is immediately after they have done 
flowering, which will be about August. Plant the divisions in small pots, and place 
them in a frame, with a gentle warmth, and they will soon make fine plants. The 
cuttings are also best planted in August ; place the pots containing them in a 
gentle heat, and cover the cuttings with a bell or hand-glass. For general culture 
see vol. 1, page 246. 
The plant from which our drawing was made flowered in the greenhouse at 
Chatsworth, early in August, and continued in bloom until the end of October. 
