March 26, 1885. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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Baid, stated that “ It came up with three different parcels of seeds from 
New South Wales”—a curious accident. 
Celsia Arcturus is a half-hardy biennial, and can be either grown out 
of doors during the summer or in a conservatory, the latter method being 
a very suitable one, as the flowers are then produced early in spring at a 
time when any addition to the floral display is most welcome. The 
Fig. 47.—Celsia arcturus. 
flowers are bright clear yellow, the filaments of the four stamens being 
covered with dark purple glandular hairs. The plant is of free growth, 
and produces its long branching spikes in abundance. 
Mr. Axford has favoured us with the following remarks upon his 
method of cultivation :— 
“ My mode of propagating the plant is by cuttings, the young growths 
