240 WINDOW GARDENING. 
Tt blooms equally well in greenhouse, conservatory or window garden ; may be 
allowed to be rather dry in the summer after flowering, but care should be taken 
not to injure or break off the leaves. When budding it requires much water, 
and its saucers should be supplied niglit and morning. It is piopagated by 
suckers and divisions of its roots. It desires a clayey loam with a third of leaf 
mould. It is very tender, feeling a slight chill. 
Its flowers are in great request at Easter to adorn the churches, when white 
lilies are sought as emblems of the risen Kedeemer, and the florists grow them 
in large quantities for this purpose. 
Tiie best method of growing Callas is in a hollow stand lined with zinc ; ei^ht 
or ten flowering bulbs can be planted in a stand three or four feet long, and 
eighteen inches wide. It should be eight inches deep, and the surface of the pots 
should be covered with moss, and moss filled in between the pots. Its appear- 
ance is exceedingly ornamental in a bay window, and it is very easily taken care 
of, the chief essential being plenty of water, and a weekly sponging of the large 
leaves ; and the stand should be occasionally turned, as the large leaves turn 
towards the light. 
Such a stand of Callas can be set out of doors in a shady place during the 
summer and brought in before fear of frosts. Soon they will make vigorous 
growth, and will flower abundantly from December to May. No flower better 
endurPi furnace heat and gas, and so it is particularly adapted to window cul- 
ture. 
Dielytra Spectabilis. 
For window flowering and conservatory, this plant is very valuable. Take up 
the tuberous roots in October, in a six or seven inch pot, and set in a sheltered 
place for a month or so, giving a little water daily, and keeping it warm. When 
the shoots appear, bring to the light, and give it as sunny a situation as possible, 
but the atmosphere need not be warm. It will do well in a chamber window 
where the temperature is about 60°. As it grows and produces more flowers, 
increase the supply of water. 
It will grow best in light sandy loam, but enjoys a weekly measure of liquid 
manure. When done flowering, set in a shady place, but give water in small 
quantities as long as the leaves are green ; when they fade, give only enough to 
prevent its dying from thirst, and in the foUowmg autumn proceed as above, giv- 
ing a fresh supply of soil to make its blossoms more plentiful. 
Tt multiplies from the root, and must be given enough pot room, or its roots 
divided yearly. 
TJie Calceolaria. 
The Calceolaria, — its name comes from the Latin for shoe — the blossom resem- 
bles an ancient Roman slipper, — is singularly beautiful with its heavy clusters of 
golden, crimson, maroon, or rose-colored flowers — sometimes plainly tinted, at 
others curiously mottled and flecked. It needs a sandy soil — garden earth and 
common sand in equal proportions ; should be kept rather warm, in an atmos- 
