TO THE FLOWER GARDEN. 0< 



ili;it is much ventilated it should be covered with a b*ill-glass, 

 wliicli may be removed at night when the house is closed. 



CERASTIUM. [Caryophyllacese.] Hardy perennials, of 

 tie simplest culture, propagating extensively by division, and 

 s|oe;iding widely in dense masses over the ground. The 

 Lnger-Bowered species are desirable for. rockwork. Among 

 these are C. alpmuin, C. Biehersteinii, C. f^lacicde, C. grandl- 

 fforiDii, C. lanatum, C. latifolimn, and C. tomentosum, all 

 of which are worth a place in ruins, &c. Orna:men"I'al 

 Shrubs. — C. laurocerasus, the common Laurel, well known 

 as one of the best of all evergreens ; and in early spring 

 this, when it attains size and age, is furnished with long 

 spikes of white blossoms, of which bees are fond. C. 

 Limtanica, the Portuguese Laurel, which, besides its 

 ordinary use as an ornamental evergreen, is sometimes 

 trained up formally with a straight bare stem, and a thick 

 round head of branches like the orange tree, which it much 

 resembles : in this state it may be made to impart to small 

 garden plots that exotic effect which in princely gardens is 

 obtained by the use of orange trees, and it becomes a 

 substitute for these in winter. 



CERASUS. Cherry. [Rosacea?.] The ornamental part 



I of this genus comprises early-flowering trees and favourite 



evergreen shrubs. All free-growing plants in good garden 



fsoil, and propagated by seeds, by layers, or by budding. By 



some these are all included under Prunus. 



CERATOSTEMA. [Vacciniacese.j Beautiful evergreen 

 greenhouse shrubs. Peat and loam. Cuttings. 



CERCIS. Judas Tree. [Leguminosse, § Cassiese.] Deci- 

 duous small trees, forming beautiful objects when in flower, 

 the blossoms being produced before the leaves, and appearing 

 about the same time as those of the Laburnum, the Guelder 

 Rose, and the Hawthorn, with which they contrast admirably. 

 They prefer a rather rich loamy soil, and require a sheltered 

 situation. In many places they are planted against walls, 

 which situation they well deserve. The seeds are sown in 

 the spring, and produce plants which come to bloom in three 

 or four years. The young plants require protection. 



CEREUS. Torch Thistle [ Cacuicete.] A large family 

 of succulent plants, better known by the nalne of Cactus. 



