CALANDRl'NIA SPECIO'SA. 
SHOWY CALANDRINIA. 
Class. Order. 
DODECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PORTULACEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
California. 
4 inches. 
May, to Oct. 
Annual. 
in 1831. 
No. 923. 
Calandrini was the name of a continental botanist. 
This is the Calandrinia speciosa of Lindley. Our 
previously published species being his grandiflora. 
This is a genus of tender American plants, some 
of which, although of perennial character, serve to 
ornament our borders as annuals. The present is, 
however, strictly annual, but will not offend, as do 
many annuals, by its too abundant herbage. 
Its leaves are few, and its branches inconspicuous ; 
it has, however, pretty showy flowers, bright and 
gay in the sun, to cheer its loneliness. 
There's not a plant, however rude. 
But hath some little flower, 
To brighten up its solitude, 
And scent the evening hour. 
There’s not a heart, however cast 
By grief and sorrow down. 
But hath some memory of the past, 
To love and call its own. 
The Calandrinia speciosa may be sown either on 
a hotbed and transplanted, or on the borders ; but, 
if the latter, the seeds should not be sown earlier 
than the end of April or beginning of May. 
