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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Chirita—continued. 
ensis "yx ; corymbs many-flowe bibrac- 
ne nt Os bane ni de н еми UBI: 
petioles trigonal. Stemless, A. біп. China, 1843, Greenhouse 
evergreen. See Fig. 431. (B. M. 4284.) TEN. xu 
j 4 , red: er in the 
Ten Os ка A edel ovate acute, be covered 
with rather close-pressed silky-brownish hairs. A. 1%. 
1840. Stove. (B. M. 4182.) 
CHIRONIA (a classical name, after Chiron, a centaur, 
son of Phillyra and Saturn; he was famous for his know- 
ledge of musie, medicine, and shooting, and taught the use 
of plants and medicinal herbs). ORD. Gentianem. Very 
ornamental small soft-wooded greenhouse perennial herbs 
or shrubs, all from Southern Africa. Flowers reddish- 
pink or purple, terminal; corolla salver-shaped, with a 
narrow tube and a spreading limb, which is longer than 
the tube. Leaves sessile, opposite, decussate. Stems 
simple or branched. They thrive in a roughish sandy 
soil, composed of three-parts peat and one of loam, with 
a considerable admixture of pure sand. Rather small 
Ceylon, 
pots and perfect drainage are matters of importance in 
their culture. They are easily propagated by cuttings, 
inserted in sandy soil, and placed in a gentle heat, in 
spring. Great care must be taken not to over-water, 
especially in the winter months. 
(berry-bearing) И. reddish-pink, terminal, solitary. 
June. 1. opposite, decussate, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, sessile, 
. deeurrent, with reflexed edges, lon than the internodes. 
. Branches sub-tetragonal. 1759. (B. M. 233) 
©. floribunda (many-flowered).* Л. pink ; uncles solitary, 
one ; petals obovate. June. 1. iE a oblongo 
-— А Zit. 1845. Glabrous, much branched. (P.'M. B 
xii. 
с аса (glutinous), Л. reddish-pink ; corolla large, with 
five-parted limb. Summer, 4 three to five-nerved. 
о" h 2ft. 1843. : Y 
(P- M. Bray 248) Plant dark green, smooth. 
C. jasminoides (Jasminelike)* Я, red ish; panicles 
ооа ое Bowes ÉL ary on & Aene 
lft. to 2ft. WR. Pot ee (B. R. 197.) E^ 
C. linoides (Linum-like).* И, corolla i 
obtuse segmentas а ad ie ee Ha dae Sane 
fastigiate. À. lft. to ait. 1787. (B. M. Bil)" ranches. terete, 
CHITONIA. See Miconia. 
A CHIVES, or CIVES (Allium Schenoprasum iod 
perennial, nétive of Britain. Chives do well in T eid 
soil, and may be increased by division of : 
spring or autumn. Their chief uses are in soups salade 
being preferred for the latter, as they are Ma milder 
than onions, and also more tender. If | 
+. about 9in. apart, 
Will soon form good - size When required 
use, each clump may be cut in turn, close to the mey 
these will soon grow again, and the produce be found 
more tender each time. Beds should be replanted a" 
st once in three or four years. 
ORD. Amaryllidec. A small Bo н anthos, 
гу ornamental, 5 І 1 x Tt : PE hys ds 
ig after the flowers. They should be gr E 
in a compost of peat, leaf soil, and loam. in = 
some sand, in well-drained pots, until | 
i стен to a cool part of th 
T 
ЕА 
and allowed a 
"idi 
‘Ayres, &с.у 1820. (B. R 6 
chloos, greenish-yellow, 
af ins weak solution of Chloride of Lime 
Chloanthes—continued. 
Lantana. Flowers solitary, axillary, on short peduncles; 
corolla tube with a woolly ring on its interior, above the 
apex of the ovary. Leaves opposite or ternate. They 
thrive in a compost of fibry loam, and turfy, sandy peat. 
Cuttings of young shoots root freely in sandy soil, under a 
hand glass. 
С. coccinea (scarlet). fl. scarlet, nearly sessile and axillary, but 
collected into short leafy spikes or heads at or near the summits 
of the branches. /. opposite or in whorls of three, narrow and 
nearly terete, owing to the revolute margins, obtuse, Jin. to lin. 
long, bullate-rugose. Stems usually clothed with a white cottony 
wool. Л, 16. to 2ft. Western Australia. 
C. glandulosa (glandular). fl. yellowish, liin. long, axillary ; 
eduncles Sin. to 4in. long. July. J. lanceolate or linear-lanceo- 
te, bullate-rugose and decurrent, about 1;іп. to ain. long. h. 2ft. 
New South Wales, 1824. 
C. steechadis (Stvechas-like).* Л. greenish-yellow. 
August. Stem erect, h. 2ft. New South Wales, 1822. 
CHLORA (from chloros, pale; alluding to the pale 
yellow-coloured flowers). Yellow-wort. ORD. Geniianem. 
Very pretty little hardy (mostly) annuals. Flowers yellow, 
terminal, stalked, aggregate or solitary ; corolla salver- 
shaped; tube shorter than the calyx. Leaves opposite, 
sessile, or perfoliate, entire. They are very easily cul- 
tivated, sueceeding in pots or borders, in ordinary garden 
soil; and may be readily propagated from seeds, which 
should be sown in pots, in a cold frame, in spring. 
C. grandiflora (large-flowered).* f. golden- ellow, much larger | 
than those of the kinds described ORO; h. bin. to lft. Corsica 
June to 
and Sardinia. Hardy biennial. (R. С. 469.) Ж 
C. imperfoliata (not-perfoliate). Л. terminal; corollà deep 
yellow, six-cleft. June. Z. sessilé, somewhat stem-clasping, 
ovate, acute. Stems simple, tetragonal. h. lft. South-western 
Europe, 1823. 
liata (perfoliate).* 
perfo Л. golden yellow, in a corymb of two 
forks, with a 
dicellate flower in each fork. July. l, root 
ones ‘oval, sessile, rosulate, the lower stem ones ота ae 
the rest perfoliate. Stem dichotomous, cylindrical h. lft. 
Europe, in chalky MM or banks, and limestone and clay 
soils. (Sy. En. B. 913.) 
C. serotina (late-flowering). 
Europe, 1832. 
CHLORANTHACEJZE. An order of tropical trees, 
shrubs, or rarely herbs. Flowers minute, in simple or 
branched terminal spikes, often articulate. 
drupe. Leaves opposite, stipulate. Of the few genera, the 
Л. yellow. November. №. lft. 
one best known in this country is Chloranthus ; the minute 
flowers of C. inconspicuus are said to be used by the - 
Chinese in scenting tea. 
CHLORIDE OF LIME is composed of chlorine and- 
lime. When exposed air, it parts with a portion of 
its major constituent, ine, and is thus changed to 
Muriate of Lime, a salt which rapidly absorbs moisture 
from the air. It has been used with modera success for 
quickening the growth of Turnip seed, in the proportion 
of llb. to six gallons of water, soaked for thirty-six hours. 
Great care should be taken in using it, as it 
destroy the germinating powers of many seeds, 
of Lime is also very valuable as a disinfectan ) 
ilb.to two gallons of water. It is one of the nost effe: 
applications for fixing niacal fumes. In 
bleach skeleton leaves and fruits, the green cellular por- 
tions of which have been got rid off by maceration in 
water for a longer or shorter period, according to the 
texture and general character of the specimens, immersion 
that is necessary. _ n. 
