(jkqr\ell & $oi\g’ Complete $eed Collide. 
CALCEOLAR IAS. 
Our house of these is a great feature with us, and to hear the exclamations of the many visitors, 
“ Why, I have never seen any like these before ; they are handsome,” is quite cheering. The fact is 
we have saved the seeds from the rarest colours, and really at first sight they appear to be a new 
fnmilv. Pray remember the crop of seed is considerably less from these uncalceolarm-like colours 
than from those where the colours are nearly all yellow, and flowers as long and as ugly as an old 
slipper — so do not complain of the small quantitv of seed in the packet. 
G 1 -, CALCEOLARIA, SWA NLEY HYBRID DWARF PERFECTION ■ 2s. Gd. per pkt. ; 
The Seed germinated 
best without heat , and 
should be sown in pans or 
pots , following the direc- 
tions here given as nearly 
as possible : — The pots to 
be half filed with drain- 
age , over which place the 
rough siftings of the 
mould, filing up the pot 
with very fine soil, half of 
which should be composed 
of sand. When thus pre- 
pared, water through a 
fine rose, and carefully 
sow the seed, but do not 
cover it. Place the pots 
in a close and totally 
dark frame, or under a 
square of glass. The 
moment they show the seed 
leaf, gradually expose to 
the light, taking care to 
protect from exposure to 
the sun. When the seed- 
lings are strong enough, 
prick them off into pans 
prepared as before, and 
placed in a similar posi- 
tion. From the store 
pans pot off singly, plac- 
ing them in a cold frame 
or near the glass; the main 
thing never to l>/ them 
become dry, starved, and pot bound, if so the fly will attack them , and they will never make good plants. 
Those directions apply to nearly all seedlings. 
The common error and the cause of nearly all failures — the seed is sown too early. Plants become too 
large, and often for the want of either root or top room have to stand still, as it were, and the moment 
the roots become stagnant they go backward, and when so they become stunted, insects attack them or 
yellow foliage sets in, and perfection is lost. Sow in August, and from the moment they are up do 
everything to keep them growing, and the faster the better. Rain water is absolutely necessary. Let them 
be carefully shifted from the small pot to the 4 -inch. Let the night temperature and moisture be such as 
to cause a nice refreshing dew to stand on the surface of the leaves every morning, this wards off insects 
and gives vigour to the plant , but it should be dispelled during the day by the admission of air. ( See 
important cultural directions given for Cinerarias .) Keep them in a cold frame, with plenty of air 
and moisture at all favourable times. No frost must touch them. The grand secret is to keep all green 
fly away , and if coddled in a house they are almost sure to be attacked, if so the most effectual means must 
be adopted , by placing them in a lofty position, and fumigating as per directions given (see Guide); and 
at the very moment of the first curlecl leaf every fly must be destroyed. A? soon as the first root appears 
at the drainage hole let them be shifted intact and without injury into their blooming pots, making sure 
that every pot is well drained, for no plant is more liable to become sickly and yellow in wet, sour soil than 
the Calceolaria. On the first signs of sharp weather , place in a house near the glass, with temperature 
not above 50°, with plenty of moisture, and as soon as the pots become well filed with roots give liquid 
manure once a week, and stake out and fumigate thoroughly just before they show flowers, and the result 
will be a grand sight. Some plants die off suddenly at the blooming time ; this is generally caused by 
over waterina. See cultural directions fur Primulas. 
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CALCEOLARIA, SWANLEY HYBRID DWARF PERFECTION. 
ACKNOWLBDQKD TO BE THE FINEST STRAIN IN TIIE WORLD. 
