. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 222 CALOPHACA damp-off if kept too moist and shady. Sometimes grafted high on Caragana or Laburnum, forming a very attrac- tive, small standard tree. Wolg&rica, Pisch. Two-3 ft.: pubescent and glandu- lar : Ifts. 11-17, roundish-ovate or oval, K-Kin. long : racemes long-peduncled, with 4-7 fis.; corolla ove
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 222 CALOPHACA damp-off if kept too moist and shady. Sometimes grafted high on Caragana or Laburnum, forming a very attrac- tive, small standard tree. Wolg&rica, Pisch. Two-3 ft.: pubescent and glandu- lar : Ifts. 11-17, roundish-ovate or oval, K-Kin. long : racemes long-peduncled, with 4-7 fis.; corolla over % in. long. June-July. S. Russia, Turkestan. —C. ^roHcK- fUra, Kegel, is similar, but Ifts. 17-25: racemes 10-16- fld.; corolla 1 in. long. S. Russia. Gt. 35:1231. Alfred Rehder. CAL0PH'?LHJM; (Greek, beautiful-leaved). Gut- tiferclceie. Tropical trees, with shining, leathery, ever- green penninerved Ivs. and panicled fls. The following is cult, outdoors in S. Fla. and S. Calif., and possibly in northern warmhouses. Prop, by cuttings. Inophyllum, Linn. Branches terete : Ivs. obovate, usually marginate : fls. white, fragrant, in loose, axil- lary racemes; peduncles 1-fld.,usually opposite; sepals 4: "fr. reddish, as large as a walnut. E. Tropics. —Int. by Reasoner, 1893. Also in S. Calif. A tall tree, with beautiful glossy Irs. and white fls. Oil is extracted from the seeds. Has medicinal properties. CAL0P6G0N (Greek, beautiful beard). Orehiddcea;. One of our daintiest native orchids, with pink fls. an in. across, grass-like Ivs., and a small bulb. The lip is on the upper side of the flower, spreading, distant from the column, with a narrowed base. One of the choicest hardy bog plants. A moist and shaded position and very porous soil are most suitable for this pretty plant, though I have seen it do admirably well on a rockery only slightly shaded at midday, but here the plants were watered very freely every day during hot or dry weather. Prop, by offsets, separated fr
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