Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . mportant that the plant be not in too confined a position, nor have the soil inwhich it grows too much shaded by other plants; and that its roots should beallowed full play by potting it frequently into a larger pot as they reach the out-side. A house with a western aspect, or the shaded side of a span-roofed erectionwhose opposite compartment fronts the south, is in all respects the most suitablesituation for it. And if there be a pit in the house, capable of containing barkinto which the pot may be plunged, or filled with soil, a
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants . mportant that the plant be not in too confined a position, nor have the soil inwhich it grows too much shaded by other plants; and that its roots should beallowed full play by potting it frequently into a larger pot as they reach the out-side. A house with a western aspect, or the shaded side of a span-roofed erectionwhose opposite compartment fronts the south, is in all respects the most suitablesituation for it. And if there be a pit in the house, capable of containing barkinto which the pot may be plunged, or filled with soil, and not very distant fromthe roof, so that a specimen can be planted in it, its growth in either case will bemore luxuriant, for it loves a moist atmosphere, such as arises from a mass offermenting material or of earth. Cuttings, prepared from the partially-matured shoots, root with tolerablereadiness, in a warm and humid pit, under a shaded hand-glass. The genus was named after Francis the First, Emperor of Austria, who bestoweda liberal patronage on SScidjati dS. &. ^a/ce^-ut4,ca/ tCco/nu^A^^ CALCEOLARIA STANDLSHIL Class, DIANDRIA. (Mr. Standishs Slipper-won.) Natural Order. SCROPHULARIACE^. Order. MONOGYNIA. Generic Character. — Calyx four-parted, nearly-equal ; upper segments generally a little broader thanthe rest. Corolla with a very short tuhe ; limb bila-biate : upper lip short, truncately rounded, entire;lower lip large, concave, slipper-shaped. Stamens two,inserted in the base of the tube, short ; cells of anthersdivaricate (one of which is sometimes sterile). Siigmasimple. Capsule ovate-conical, propped by the perma- nent calyx, two-celled, septicidally two-valved ; valvesbifid ; placentas adnate to the dissepiment. Seeds sul-cately angular.—Dons Card, and Botany. Specific Character Plant a hybrid, of a half-shrubby character, with flowers beautifully blotchedwith reddish-brown on a yellow ground ; the blotchesniostlj in small and short parallel str
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