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seeds covered rather more than a quarter
of an inch in depth ; and the pans
placed in any cold pit secured from
wet. They require only water enough
to keep the soil damp during the winter.
They will bear being placed in a
warmer situation, but not where there
is a moist heat. The young plants
should be kept growing as long as possible,
by keeping them rather moist during
the summer. They must not be removed
from the seed-pan until after the
second too quickly, or kept dry too
long, particularly the first season ; at
that time they are very small, and are
apt to be dried up and exhausted, if care
is not taken to prevent it."
—
Gard.
Chron.
CALODENDRON capense. Greenhouse
evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loamy
soil.
CALOPHACA wolgarica.' Hardy deciduous
shrub. Division. Loam and
peat.
CALOPHANES oblongifoUa. Hardy
herbaceous perennial. Division. Loam
and peat.
CALOVOGOfi pulchellus. Greenhouse
orchid. Division. Peat and loam.
CALOSTEMMA. Three species.
Green-house bulbous perennials. Offsets.
Sandy loam and peat.
CALOTHAMNUS. Four species.
Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.
Sandy peat.
CALOTIS cuneifolia. Green-house
herbaceous perennial. Division. Common
soil.
CALOTROPIS. Two species. Greenhouse
evergreen shrubs. Cuttings or
seeds. P..ich soil.
CALTHA. Six species and many
varieties. Hardy herbaceous perennials.
Seeds or division. Common rather moist
soil.
CALTROPS, Tritmlus.
CALYCANTHUS. Five species.
Hardy deciduous shrubs. Layers. Open
loam.
CALYPSO borealis. Half hardy orchid.
Offsets. Sandv loam and peat.
CALYPTRANTHES. Two species.
Stove evergreen trees. Layers. Sandy
peat.
CALYPTRION auhletii. Stove evergreen
climber. Seeds. Peat and loam.
CALYSTEGIA. Seven species.
Hardy deciduous twining or trailing
plants. Division. Common loamy soil.
CALYTHRIX. Five species. Green-
house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.
Sandy loam and peat.
CAMASSIA esculenta. Hardy bulbous
perennial. Seeds. Peat.
CAMELLIA. Japonica. Green-house
evergreen shrub.
Messrs. D. Landreth & Fulton, of
Philadelphia, who are extensively engaged
in the culture of this charming
plant at the old Landreth Nurseries,
where was made the earliest collection
of the Camellia in America,
present the following as a desirable
selection. Those marked t are perfectly
double, with the petals neatly arranged,
and are among the choicest in
cultivation. Those marked with a star
are of American origin.
The catalogues of some European
Nurserymen contain upwards of five
hundred varieties; it may be readily
presumed that many of them are comparatively
worthless : a goodly number
of such have been imported by the
American florists, and though some of
them were once esteemed, are now, by
the introduction of more desirable varieties,
no longer worthy a place in a
choice collection. We append a list of
a few such faded beauties.
CHOICE CAMELLIAS.
tAlba-pleno, double white.
t Fimbriata, fringed do.
*Americana, blush with rose spots.
Albertii, white.
Althffiiflora, crimson.
t*Amabile, rose and red.
t*Binneyii, light rose.
Bealii, large red.
Carswelliana, dark red.
Chandleri, white and crimson.
t*Caroline, pink.
Colvelleii, white with rose stripes.
tConcinna, dark red.
tCandidissima, purest white.
Conspicua, large red.
tCoquette.
Campbellii, white and red.
Donklarii, white rose and crimson.
tDuchess de Orleans, crimson with
white stripes.
tExemia, saimon.
*Estherii, \vhite and rose.
Elegans, rose.
tElata, crimson.
Eclipse, white with rose stripes.
*Floyii, rose red.
tFordii, dark rose.
Fairlea, crimson.