104 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



Chili-Pepper. See Capsicum. 



Chestnut. See Castanea. 



Chimaphila. [Ericaceae.] Hardy herbaceous evergreens, 

 of difficult culture. Soil, forest-loam and sand. C. macu- 

 lata is one of our finest native foliaged plants. 



C iwibellata (umbelled) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flow- 

 ers pinkish-white, in June; North America; 1752. C. inacu- 

 lata (spotted) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers pink, in 

 June ; North America ; 1752. 



Chimonanthus. [Calycanthaceae.] Half-hardy decidu- 

 ous shrub, thriving in the Southern States, but tender in the 

 Northern. The flowers of all the varieties are deliciously 

 fragrant, and are produced on the leafless branches in 

 winter. 



C. fragrans (fragrant) ; shrub ; 6 feet ; flowers yellow and 

 red, in December; Japan; 1766. W2in&\.y grandi/Ionis (large- 

 flowered) ; flowers yellow ; 8 feet ; China. Variety parviflo- 

 r/^i- (small-flowered) ; 8 feet ; flowers pale-yellow, Japan; 1818. 



China Aster. See Callistephus. 



Chinese Hollyhock. See Althaea. 



Chinese Pink. See Dianthus. 



Chionanthus. Fringe-tree. [Oleaceae.] Fine hardy de- 

 ciduous small trees or shrubs. Soil, peat-earth in damp 

 situations. Propagated by seeds or layers. 



C. maritima (marine) ; hardy shrub ; 10 feet ; flowers w^hite, 

 in May; North America; 1736. C. Virginica (Virginian); hardy 

 tree ; 30 feet ; North America ; 1736. 



There is a narrow-leaved and broad-leaved variety. 



Chloris. [Graminaceae.] A family of tropical ornamental 

 grasses, thriving in common soil ; all half-hardy annuals. 

 The species are C. barbata^ polydactyla^ Jimbriata, and ra- 

 diata. 



Christmas Rose. See Helleborus. 



