GARDEN FLOWERS. IO3 



low, in May; Norway; 18 10. C. C/iei'ri (common) ; hardy sub- 

 shrub; 18 inches; flowers yellow or brown, in May; Europe. 

 C. Marshallii (Marshall's) ; hardy herbaceous perennial ; 9 

 inches ; flowers deep-orange, in June and August ; Scotch hy- 

 brid. C. mufadi/is {cha.nge3.h\e) ; greenhouse sub-shrub ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers purple, changeable, in March ; Madeira; 1777. C. och- 

 roleticus (pale-yellow) ; hardy perennial ; 9 inches ; flowers pale- 

 yellow, in May ; Switzerland ; 1822. 



Chelidonium. Celandine. [PajDaverace^.] Hardy her- 

 baceous well-known perennials, some of which are rather 

 pretty, and desirable from their early flowering. Propagated 

 by seeds and division. 



C. grandifloncm (large-flowered) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers yellow, in May ; Dahuria ; 1820. C. lacinatuju (jagged) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in May ; south of Eu- 

 rope. C. viajus jlore-pUiio (large-double-flowered) ; hardy per- 

 ennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in summer ; Hybrid. 



Chelone. [Scrophulariaceae.] Beautiful herbaceous 

 perennials, closely allied to Pentstemon, and requiring sim- 

 ilar treatment. 



C. barbata (bearded) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers scarlet, 

 in July ; Mexico ; 1794. Varieties carnea and major have flesh- 

 colored and orange-striped flowers. C. glabra (smooth) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in August ; North America ; 

 1730. C. Lyoni (Lyon's) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers pur- 

 ple, in August ; North America; 1812. C. obliqica (oblique); 

 hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers rose-purple, in August ; North 

 America; 1752. 



Chenopodium. [Chenopodiaceae.] A few plants of this 

 family, which consists mainly of weeds, have of late been 

 introduced into gardens for dark or elegant foliage. The}'' 

 are generally hardy annuals. C. album and atriplicis are 

 good species. 



Cherry. See Cerasus. 



