14 
VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE. 
BROWALLIA. 
The Browallias arc excellent, free-flowering, half-har¬ 
dy annuals, and quite valuable for winter house plants. 
The flowers arc both beautiful and delicate. Seeds grow 
freely, and plants give abundance of bloom. Plants 
about eighteen inches in height, and should be set a foot 
apart. This, though not a showy, is a very interesting 
class of flowers. 
Browallia Cerviakowski, blue, with white center 5 
elata alba,. 5 
elata grandiflora, blue, .. 5 
CALANDRINIA. 
A very pretty genus of plants, with succulent stems 
and fleshy leaves, and belonging to the Purslane family. 
Plants more or less prostrate. The best of the species 
arc natives of South America. Best sown under glass. 
The engraving shows the habit of the plant. Does best 
in a light, sandy soil. 
Calandrinia grandiflora, reddish lilac ; 1 foot, . 5 
speciosa, dark purple ; very showy ; 4 inches, . 5 
speciosa alba, white ; very free bloomer, ... 5 
umbellata, rosy purple; perennial, but flower¬ 
ing the first season, . 10 
CALENDULA. 
CACALIA. 
Cucalias arc pretty, half-hardy annuals, with small, 
tassel-like bloom, and from the form of the flower often 
called Flora’s Paint Brush. The flowers arc borne in 
clusters on slender stalks, about a foot or so in length. 
Sow seed under glass, if possible, though they do pretty 
well in a warm bed in the garden. Set the plants six 
inches apart. They keep in bloom from early summer 
until autumn, furnishing flowers for cutting every day, 
Cacalia coccinea, scarlet, . 5 
coccinea flore-luteo, yellow,. 5 
The Calendula is the fine old and well known Mari¬ 
gold family, which every one knows, but may not recog¬ 
nize by this name. Single varieties are not so much 
cultivated as the double. The old Pot Marigold, much 
prized by housekeepers in Europe as a flavoring for 
boiled mutton, is C. officinalis. Formerly the flowers 
were thought to possess valuable medical properties. 
The English name is a corruption of Mary’s gold. 
Calendula officinalis Le Proust, uniformly 
double; nankeen, edged with brown,. 5 
officinalis, Pot Marigold, . 5 
CALLIOPSIS. 
The genus Calliopsis embraces a very useful and bril¬ 
liant class of hardy annuals. The plants are usually 
two or three feet in height, of slender habit and rapid 
growth. The flowers are of every shade of yellow, 
orange and rich reddish brown. 
Calliopsis, mixed colors, of every shade. 5 
CALLIRRHOE. 
A species of Mallow-like plants, with large, purplish 
flowers, and showing a white center, which give the 
j flowers a very beautiful appearance. They are five pe- 
