350 THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Codizum—continued. 
genus of stove evergreen shrubs. Male flowers: calyx 
membranous, three to six (often five) parted, reflexed, 
imbrieate; petals five, scale formed, shorter than the 
calyx, and alternating with as many glands; stamens 
numerous. Female flowers: calyx five-cleft; petals absent. 
Ovarium girded by five hypogynous scales at base, three- 
celled, a single ovule in each cell. Among ornamental- 
foliaged plants, few, if any, are more useful or beautiful 
than the different varieties of this genus, several of which, 
besides having magnificently-coloured leaves, are very 
remarkable on account of their singular form. Excepting 
‚ no similar class of plants are more easily cul- 
tivated than Codisums; and, as they are available for use 
all the year round, no stove, however small, should be 
without, at least, one or two varieties. When required for 
table decoration, they should be grown with single stems. 
The best way to obtain these is to take off the tops of any 
strong leading shoots, and form them into cuttings. They 
may be struck by placing singly in small pots, and 
covering with bell glasses, in strong, moist heat, where they 
will soon emit roots, without losing any of the leaves 
attached at the time they were inserted. When fairly 
struck, they should receive a little air, by tilting the glass, 
gradually affording more till they bear full exposure. The 
most useful sizes for table decoration are from 1ft. to 
18in. high; and, as using the plants for this purpose often 
causes them to lose their lower leaves by 
the time they reach such a height, the tops 
may be again taken off and put in as cut- 
tings. They must be grown in a very moist 
atmosphere, and be well attended to by 
watering and syringing, or red spider is sure 
too dry, or the plants suffer 
at the roots, 
are very susceptible to cold, 
changes cause their leaves to 
ches, pinching the end of the leading 
I if they do not start freely without; 
vim generally, they require very little assistance, as their 
tural growth is bushy and regular. In order to bring 
28] nem above oth т ‘леу may be growing amongst. One 
rest advantage in growing Codimums is that they can be 
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Codizum — continued. 
eonfined to small pots, and kept to а limited size, if 
desired, for a great length of time. "The temperature most 
suitable for winter is one ranging from 60deg. to 70deg., 
according to the state of the weather. All the under- 
mentioned have probably originated from two or three 
species, and they are now generally classed by catalogue 
compilers under the erroneous generic term of Croton, from 
which genus the present one is not only distinct, but it 
belongs to a different section of Ewphorbiacee. 
The majority of the innumerable forms cultivated in 
gardens may be referred to С. pictwm. Scarcely more 
than three or four species exist, and about these all the 
Codizums may be grouped as seedling forms or sports. 
C. albicans (whitish).* J. broad-lanceolate, 12in. to 15in., lon 
Zin. to дїп. broad ; ground-colour dark shining green, beautifu y 
variegated with ivory-white; under side slightly tinted with 
crinson. А dense-growing variety. : 
C. angustifolium (narrow.leaved). A synonym of C. angustis 
simum. 
C. imum (narrowest)* Z. drooping, linear, 12in. 
l8in. long, jin. to iin. broad, channelled, bluntish at the apex, 
tapering at the base; upper surface dark shining green ; margins 
and midrib golden-yellow ; under surface similar, but paler, 
Polynesia. SYN. C. angustifolium. 
C. aucubzefolium (Aucuba-leaved).* Z. dark shining green оте 
with yellow or somewhat crimson blotches; 6in. to 8in. long, 
Zin. to 2}in. wide, three to four times longer than the s 
oblong-acuminate, tapering at the base; midrib and veins green, 
or slightly tinged with pink. Polynesia, 1868. 
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Ета. 487. Сот жум BARON FRANCK SEILLIERE. 
. Baron Franck Seilliére.* 1. very close together, thick ам S 
leathery, from 10їп. to 1l5in. long, and from 2jin. te jight 
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pink underneath when adult; the large nerves are 
yellow, but soon become ivory-white, as does also the young 
Stem robust, green. Plant extremely vigorous. In the Y? 
specimens, the costa, besides being large, is very freqUe 
drr ; but in adults, it is invariably straight; the 
nerves are of a very beautiful white, and the contrast 
broad, graceful, curved at the tip, of a brilliant p d 
