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are best sown on a gentle hotbed in spring, and transplanted 

 into the open borders in May. Rich garden soil. 



CARU.\XULARIA. See Stapelia. 



CARYA. Hickory. [Juglandaceae.] Hardy deciduous 

 trees, with elegant pinnated foliage. Increased by seeds 

 chieflv, and growing in any good garden soil. 



CASSANDRA. See Andromeda. 



CASSEBEERA. [Polypodiaceje.] Handsome ferns. In- 

 creased readily from the spores. Soil, turfy peat and sand, 

 with a fourth part loam. The greenhouse kinds are C. has- 

 tnta, C. intramarginaUs, C. pteroides. The stove s[)ecies of 

 Cassebeera include some very elegant plants. 



CASSIA. [Leguminosse, § Csesalpinge.] A large genus, 

 mostly shrubs, requiring stove heat : some of the species 

 furnish the senna of commerce. They may be raised from 

 cuttings, planted in sand under bell-glasses, in a moderate 

 heat ; and sometimes seeds are produced, from which, if 

 sown in heat, vigorous plants may be obtained. The com- 

 post should be of sand}^ loam and peat mixed in equal pro- 

 portions. They should not be too much excited, but grown 

 on slowly. Upwards of two hundred species are known, and 

 of these about eighty have been introduced. 



CASSINE. [Aquifoliacese.] Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. 

 Soil, loam and peat. Propagated by cuttings. Chiefly inter- 

 esting as evergreen bushes. 



CASSINIA. [Compositse.] Evergreen greenhouse shrubs 

 with a few exceptions. Soil, loam and peat. Propagated by 

 seeds, division, or cuttings. C. affinis, white ; C. aurea, yellow ; 

 C. leptophyUa, white ; and C. speciosa, yellow, are the best. 



CASSl'OPE. [EricaceaB.] Pretty diminutive heath-like 

 shrubs, related to Andromeda. Peat soil. A moist, cool, 

 shady situation. Cuttings or layers. 



CASTILLEJA. [Scrophulariacege.] Pretty, but scarcely 

 cultivable perennials. Sandy peat soil. Increased by seeds 

 or division of the root. 



CATANANCHE. [Compositae.] Hardy perennial free- 

 growing plants, requiring ordinary garden soil. They are 

 best propagated by seeds, and treated as biennials. C. caridea, 

 flowers blue or white. 



CATCHFLY. See Silene. 



