CALANDRI'NIA SPECIO'SA. 
SHOWY CALANDRINIA. 
Order. 
MONOOYNIA . 
Natural Order. 
PORTULACE^. 
Native of 
Heiglit. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Chile. 
1 foot. 
Aiigust. 
Perennial. 
in 18.33? 
No. 639. 
The genus Calandrinia, was named by Humbolt 
and Bonpland in honour of the Genevese botanist, 
J. L. Calandrini. 
This showy plant attracts not alone by its flowers 
but also by its pale glaucous succulent foliage, which 
is itself ornamental to the flower border. T wo other 
species, grandi flora and discolor, possess a nearly 
similar appearance, excepting that the latter has its 
leaves of a purplish pink colour beneath. These 
plants are tender perennials, and would not come 
within the professed limits of the Botanic Garden, 
but that they may be cultivated as annuals, and 
will flourish in the open ground, during summer, 
where they will flower later or earlier in proportion 
to the attention paid to their propagation. 
The most sure method of cultivating the Calan- 
drinia speciosa is to sow the seeds in March, or early 
in April, in a pot of light soil, placed in a hot- 
bed. As soon as the seedlings are strong enough 
to bear removal they should be transplanted, singly, 
into small pots to remain to strengthen, and then be 
gradually hardened, for turning out with their balls 
of earth entire, in May. 
Bot. Mag. 3379. 
Class. 
DODECANDRIA. 
