. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON BEDDING PLANTS. great care, or "damping" will ensue. The shrubby kinds are generally grown for bedding purposes ; these include such well-known forms as Gaine's Yellow, a good old-fashioned bedder, of robust constitution ; Sultan, a fine dark variety; and Golden Gem, one of the best, with bright yellow flowers; these grow from i2in. to i8in. in height. Calceolaria aniplexicaiilis belongs to the herbaceous section. The leaves are stem-clasping, and the lemon-coloured flowers are produced freely from June
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. ON BEDDING PLANTS. great care, or "damping" will ensue. The shrubby kinds are generally grown for bedding purposes ; these include such well-known forms as Gaine's Yellow, a good old-fashioned bedder, of robust constitution ; Sultan, a fine dark variety; and Golden Gem, one of the best, with bright yellow flowers; these grow from i2in. to i8in. in height. Calceolaria aniplexicaiilis belongs to the herbaceous section. The leaves are stem-clasping, and the lemon-coloured flowers are produced freely from June until late in the autumn. The plant grows high, and is very good for associating with other taller-growing subjects. Celosias.—Although typically greenhouse and stove plants, some of these are now used for bedding purposes, and very graceful decorative plants they prove to be, with their showy, feathery plumes of flowers. Seeds should be sown in March or April in pans of light soil, pricking off the seedlings when large enough into thumb-pots, and grow- ing them on quickly in gentle heat. They will soon be ready for shifting into 5in. pots. They should be kept rather on the dry side, and as near the glass as possible, to induce flowering, gradually hardening them off, and plant- ing out in June, after the crowns of flowers are formed. Celosia pyramidalis grows to a height of i8in., and has numerous varieties, usually some shade of yellow or crimson. In catalogues they are generally described under the name of C. pluniosa. Sutton's Dwarf is one of the best, being of compact habit and possessing free- flowering properties. Celosia cristata (Fig. 84) is the Cockscomb. Seed should be sown in March, and the seedlings pricked out into pans of light soil and grown on quickly for a time; then by keeping them cooler for a few days their combs will soon appear, and although small, it is easy to distinguish which are worth keeping. These should be potted up, and grown on in heat. When t
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