This section is from the book "The Flower-Garden; Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers", by Joseph Breck. Also available from Amazon: The Flower-Garden: Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers.
Calceolaria, variety Nobey, rich yellow, and Sultan, rich crimson, are splendid flowering plants, and continue in bloom all the season in the open ground. They also succeed finely in pots.
They are raised from cuttings, and furnished in small pots, and may be turned into beds or the border about the 1st of June.
 
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