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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Chervil, Common or Garden—continued. 
for seed, as they soon deteriorate. A cool north border 
is the best position for growing Chervil in summer, and 
а south border is preferable for it in winter. 
CHESTNUT, HORSE. This was introduced into 
Britain about two centuries ago. In foliage, it exhibits a 
character quite distinct from that of any other hardy tree, 
and the pyramidal panicles of snowy-white flowers dashed 
with yellow and pink (see Fig. 428), place it in the first 
rank amongst deciduous subjects eminently adapted for 
effective use by the landseape gardener. See ZEsculus. 
CHESTNUT, MORETON BAY. See Castano- 
spermum. 
CHESTNUT, SWEET or SPANISH. See Cas- 
tanea sativa. 
CHEVALLIERA. See ZEchmea Veitchii. 
CHICA. See Bignonia Chica. 
CHICORY (Cichorium Intybus). Succory, or Wild 
Endive. A hardy perennial, native of Britain. The plants 
are cultivated much more in France than with us, chiefly 
for the leaves, which are blanched and used as a salad. 
A variety called the Coffee Chicory is grown, in some 
parts of the Continent, for the roots, which are cut up 
and prepared as a substitute for coffee. Another large- 
growing variety, called the Witloof, is much cultivated in 
Belgium; and since it was introduced to this country, it has 
gained favour as a vegetable, cooked whole, or blanched, 
and used as the other varieties. The culture is very easy, 
and the leaves, if grown quickly and well blanched, are 
wholesome and much esteemed. The plants may be 
blanched outside in summer, but the salad is best when 
forced in winter, forming what is called by the French 
Fie. 429. CHICORY BARBE DE CAPUCIN. 
Barbe de Capucin" (see Fig. 
| ig. 429). 
it like Carrots, and may be taken up i 
М , up in autumn, 
Commen the same way as Sea Kale. 
y for winter forcing The seed should be 1 i 
ance of біп. Occasional hoeings 
ind the 1 ves 
for use, 
-ceolate, serrated, verticillate. 
à fragrant, 
^ shrub. Тары, ИВС Se Cal: ern, procoz. 
Chicory— continued. 
warm, dark position. A mushroom house, kept dark and 
having а suitable temperature, is а very good place. 
A succession must be kept up, but a second or more crops 
may be obtained from the same roots, which, however, 
will not be so strong as the first. The Common Chicory 
is mostly grown, but the Witloof will succeed under the 
same treatment. Empty pots or boxes, of the same sizes 
as those used, should be inverted over the roots to exclude 
light; or the darkness of a mushroom house may be suff- 
cient in many cases. 
CHILI. See Capsicum baccatum. 
CHILOPSIS (from cheilos, a lip, and opsis, re- 
semblance; on account of the calyx being furnished with 
a distinct lip. ORD. Bignoniacee. A greenhouse ever- 
green shrub, requiring a compost of peat and fibry loam. 
Cuttings of half-ripened shoots will root in sand, under a 
bell glass, in a gentle bottom heat. 
(narrow-leaved). jl., corolla dark purple, with a tubular 
base, and a dilated companulate throat; lobes oval-roundish, with 
curled, crenated edges; racemes terminal, short, dense, tomen- 
tose, May. l. alternate, linear, flat, elongated, 3in. to 5in. long, 
glabrous, coriaceous, attenuated at both ends. А. 10ft. 
North America, 1825. An erect branched shrub, 
APHILA (from cheima, winter, and phileo, to 
love; the plants are green in winter) ORD. Fricacee. 
Ornamental evergreen suffrnticose plants, with creeping 
roots. Flowers corymbose; scapes naked. 
Western 
For culture, see Pyrola. й 
Л. greenish-white, tinged with 
ndulous, at length somewhat erect. June. 
l. cuneate-lanceolate, serrated, four to five in a whorl. A, din. 
to 6in. Northern hemisphere, 1752. Syn. Pyrola umbellata. 
(B. M. 778.) 
C. maculata (spotted)* j. white, pendulous; 
peduncles downy, bearing a two to three-flowered 
corymb at the apex. June. i. lanceolate, acute, 
with white bands on the upper surface along 
the nerve and veins, under surface red ; opposite, 
or four in a whorl. Stem procumbent at base 
and ascending at apex. North America, 1752. 
Syn. Pyrola maculata. (B. M. 897.) 
CHIMNEY BELL-FLOWER. бее 
Campanula pyramidalis. 
CHIMONANTHOS (from cheimon, the 
winter, and anthos, a flower; in reference — 
to the time of flowering, December and 
January). Овюр. Calycanthacew. A hardy 
shrub, with thé flowers appearing before the 
corymbosa (corymbose).* 
red, corymbose, 
preceding year. Flowers whitish or yellow, _ 
purplish inside, very sweet-scented. Bark - 
scented flowers are in request during the 
winter months, the delicious aromatic fra- 
grance of the blossoms of this shrub makes 
it a general favourite. It is suitable for 
training against walls and buildings having 
a south or western aspect. It thrives best in a deep rich 
sandy soil, and should be kept neatly trained to the wall 
against which it is planted. It also requires pruning 
annually, so as to have the principal branches well clothed _ 
with young wood, as the blossoms are produced on the 
previous season's growth. Therefore, when the plants have _ 
finished flowering, go over them, and ent in close to the 
main branches all the young shoots that have flowered, — A 
except the leading ones, which must only be shortened to 
about half their length. The result of this treatment will 
generally be a good crop of wood, suitable for blooming 
the following season. Propagation is best effected by 
means of layering, in the autumn. 
l. lanceolate, x 
A slender branc 
(B. M. 466.) 
grandiflorus is by far the best; are 
bly larger and more spreading. (B. R. Б) — 
CHINA ASTER. 5: Aster and Callistephus. 
+ 
Leaves lan. . 
foliage, in the axils of the leaves of the 
and leaves without scent. Where sweet- _ 
