S. dk,r\i\ell «&[ Collide. 
ISLUMKNnACHIA COl'.OXATA. 
1!. bl;dmbnbach I A 
CORONATA — llaiKjsomi! 
■species from Chili, [tbniiinf; 
dense bushes of glossy pale 
gieen, prickly-haired, fern-like 
clivided foliage, of about S 
inches in height and 12inche.s 
in diameter. The beautiful 
cpiadraugular crown - shaped 
flowers arc 2 inches in diameter 
each way, of pure glossy white- 
ness, imbedded in the metallic 
lustrous foliage, just protrud- 
ing in nest-like fashion. Is. G'K 
])cr pkl. 
CALCEOIiAUlA, .SWANLEY IlYliKlD DWAUF I'EBFEC'TION. (5‘CC UC.Yt page.) 
CALCEOLARIAS. 
The seed gcr7iiiii(Ucs hc.st without hculj and should be sown in pans ov pots, folloioing the diteclioiis here 
gieen as nearly as possible -. — The pots to be half filled xeith drainage, over whieh place the rough siftings 
of the mould, filling up the pot with very fine soil, half of which should be composed of sand. IVhcn thus 
prepared, 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 seedlings are strong enough, 
prick them off into pans prepared as before, and placed in a similar podtion. From the store qiots pot off 
singly, placing them in a cold frame near the glass, the main thi-ng is never to let them becoriic d-ry, 
starved, and pot bound, if so the fly will attack the-m, and they will -never make good plamis. These 
dircetians apply to nearly all seeds. , m i 
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 lop room have to stand still, as it -were, and the moment 
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