Calceolarias.
A Garden Corner.
TT is worth paying a visit just now to the Townend House in the Gardens to take in the full beauty of the calceolarias. They are at their best and provide a wonderful display. In self colours and delicately marked, with all the shadings from clear yellow to crimson and brown, they astonish with their variety and subtle loveliness. Called slipperworts at one time, they might with more reason be called lady’s purses from the peculiar pouch or Lladder effect of the dainty flowers. In the same house good use has been made of two good border annuals, Schizanthus and double Clarkias. The former are old favourites for the purpose, and most of the plants have been flowering for three months. The double Clarkia does not receive sufficient attention for outdoor work, and the fine specimens in the house show what handsome pot plants they make for conservatory decorations. T. D. LENNIE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 934, 2 December 1933, Page 16
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