CALCEOLARIA

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CALCEOLARIA , in botany, a genus belonging to the natural order Scrophulariaceae, containing about r 5o species of herbaceous or shrubby

plants

PLANTS

, chiefly natives of the

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

American Andes of Peru and Chile. The calceolaria of the present day has
CALCHAQUI
'oeen developed into a highly decorative plant, in which the herbaceous habit has preponderated. The

plants

PLANTS

are now very generally raised annually from seed, which is sown about the end of June in a mixture of

loam

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

leaf

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

-mould and sand, and, being very small, must be only slightly covered. When the plants are large enough to handle they are pricked out an inch or two apart into 3-inch or 5-inch pots; when a little more advanced they are potted singly. They should be wintered in a greenhouse with a night temperature of about 40, occupying a shelf near the light. By the end of

February

FEBRUARY

they should be moved into 8-inch or ro-inch pots, using a compost of three parts good turfy

loam

LOAM (O.E. lam; the word appears in Dut. leem and Ger. Lehm; the ultimate origin is the root lai-, meaning " to be sticky," which is seen in the cognate " lime," Lat. limus, mud, clay)

, one

part

PART

leaf

LEAF (O. Eng. leaf, cf. Dutch loof, Ger. Laub, Swed. lof, &c.; possibly to be referred to the root seen in Gr. Ma-eta, to peel, strip)

-mould, and one

part

PART

thoroughly rotten manure, with a

fair

FAIR

addition of sand. They need plenty of light and air, but must not be subjected to draughts. When the pots get well filled with roots, they must be liberally supplied with manure water. In all stages of growth the plants are subject to the attacks of the green-fly, for which they must be fumigated.
The so-called shrubby calceolarias used for bedding are in-creased from cuttings, planted in autumn in cold frames, where they can be wintered, protected from

frost

FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-
European
- EUROPEAN
root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
FROST,
WILLIAM
EDWARD (1810–1877)

by the use of mats and a good layer of litter placed over the glass and round the sides.

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