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Levant; 1816. C. O nenta /is (E3.stQrn) ; hardy annual ; 2 feet; 

 flowers brown and yellow, in July ; Levant ; 171 3. 



Celtis. Nettle-Tree. [Urticaceae.] Hardy ornamental 

 trees. Propagated by seed sown as soon as ripe, and by 

 cuttings of the young shoots. Common soil. 



C. crassifolia (thick-leaved) ; 20 feet ; flowers green, in May ; 

 North America; 1812. C. Icsvigata (pohshed) ; 20 feet ; flowers 

 green, in May ; Louisiana. C. occidentalis (Western) ; 20 feet ; 

 flowers green, in May ; North America ; 1656. C. occidentalis 

 cordata (heart-leaved) ; 20 feet ; flowers green, in May ; North 

 America. C. occidentalis scabriiisc7cla{rovig\\\s\-\) ; 20 feet; flow- 

 ers green, in May ; North America. C. piimila (dwarf) ; 6 feet ; 

 flowers green, in May ; North America ; 1812. 



Cenia. [Compositae.] A family of small hardy annuals, 

 propagated by seed, and thriving in any good garden soil. 



C. titrbiitata (turbinate) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers white, 

 in August ; Cape of Good Hope; 17 13. C. turbinata forniosa 

 (beautiful) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers yellow, in August ; 

 Cape of Good Hope. 



Centaurea. [Compositae.] A large family of mostly 

 hardy perennials, comprising, however, some very ornamen- 

 tal annuals, which should have a place in every garden. 

 These may either be sown in the open border about the end 

 of April, and the plants thinned out subsequently to three 

 or four in a patch, to be left for blooming, or they may be 

 sown with other annuals in a seed-bed, or in pots, for 

 facility of transplantation ; in the latter case being sown 

 somewhat earlier, and coming earlier into flower. They 

 bloom from June, more or less onwards to September. The 

 very numerous hardy perennial kinds — any of which are 

 worth growing as common border flowers — grow well in 

 the common soil of gardens, and are increased by division. 



C. Crocodyliu7n (Crocodylium) ; hardy annual ; 3 feet ; flowers 

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