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CALCEOLARIA

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 969 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALCEOLARIA , in See also:

botany, a genus belonging to the natural See also:order See also:Scrophulariaceae, containing about r 5o See also:species of herbaceous or shrubby See also:plants, chiefly natives of the See also:South See also:American See also:Andes of See also:Peru and See also:Chile. The calceolaria of the See also:present See also:day has See also:CALCHAQUI 'oeen See also:developed into a highly decorative plant, in which the herbaceous See also:habit has preponderated. The plants are now very generally raised annually from See also:seed, which is sown about the end of See also:June in a mixture of See also:loam, See also:leaf-See also:mould and See also:sand, and, being very small, must be only slightly covered. When the plants are large enough to handle they are pricked out an See also: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 See also:night temperature of about 40°, occupying a shelf near the See also:light. By the end of See also:February they should be moved into 8-inch or ro-inch pots, using a compost of three parts See also:good turfy loam, one See also:part leaf-mould, and one part thoroughly rotten manure, with a See also:fair addition of sand. They need plenty of light and See also:air, but must not be subjected to See also:draughts. When the pots get well filled with roots, they must be liberally supplied with manure See also:water. In all stages of growth the plants are subject to the attacks of the See also:green-See also:fly, for which they must be fumigated. The so-called shrubby calceolarias used for bedding are in-creased from cuttings, planted in autumn in See also:cold frames, where they can be wintered, protected from See also:frost by the use of mats and a good layer of See also:litter placed over the See also:glass and See also:round the sides.

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