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There being no English name to this plant, we have adopted that of
_Slipper-wort_, in imitation of _Calceolaria_, which is derived from
_Calceolus_, a little shoe or slipper.
This species of Calceolaria is one of the many plants introduced into
our gardens, since the time of MILLER: it is an annual, a
native of Peru, and, of course, tender: though by no means a common
plant in our gardens, it is as easily raised from seed as any plant
whatever. These are to be sown on a gentle hot-bed in the spring; the
seedlings, when of a proper size, are to be transplanted into the
borders of the flower-garden, where they will flower, ripen, and scatter
their seeds; but being a small delicate plant, whose beauties require a
close inspection, it appears to most advantage in a tan stove, in which,
as it will grow from cuttings, it may be had to flower all the year
through, by planting them in succession.
This latter mode of treatment is used by Mr. HOY, Gardener to
his Grace of Northumberland, at Sion-House, where this plant may be seen
in great perfection.
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~Camellia Japonica. Rose Camellia.~
_Class and Order._
~Monadelphia Polyandria.~
_Generic Character._
_Calyx_ imbricatus, polyphyllus: foliolis interioribus majoribus.
_Specific Character and Synonyms._
CAMELLIA _japonica_ foliis acute serratis acuminatis. _Lin. Syst.
Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 632._ _Thunberg Fl. Japon. t. 273._