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Slimmer temperature. Soil, sandy loam. Propagated by 

 offsets. 



CHOROZEMA. [LegurainosjB, § Papilionaceae.] Beau- 

 tiful evergreen greenhouse shrubs, requiring care in their cul- 

 tivation. They are propagated by seed or by cuttings ; the 

 latter should be selected from the unblooming shoots, two 

 inches of the top being taken oif at a joint, and the lower 

 leaves removed. Fill up a pot to within three-quarters of an 

 inch of the top: thus put two inches of broken potsherds in 

 the bottom as drainage, over this an inch of rough turfy soil, 

 and the rest with a mixture of two parts peat, one of light 

 loam, and one of silver sand ; press this firm, and, after 

 levelliiTg it, put three-quarters of an inch of silver sand on 

 the top, and let this be thoroughly wetted ; with a little 

 pointed stick insert the cuttings, so that they touch the soil 

 beneath the sand, and fix them quite firm by pressing the 

 sand closely around them with the point of the stick. When 

 they are all planted sprinkle them with water through a very 

 linely-pierced rose of a w^ate ring- pot, so as to settle the sand 

 close about them ; let them dry for an hour or so in the 

 shade, and then put a bell-glass over, and place the pot in a 

 declining hotbed, or on the tan of a propagating house : the 

 glass must be wiped every morning, and the cuttings just 

 kept moist. They will soon begin to grow% and when rooted 

 they may be potted into the smallest-sized pots, in soil like 

 that used to fill the cutting-pot. They must be gradually 

 exposed to the greenhouse atmosphere. Seeds may be sown 

 in the spring in wide-mouthed pots ; and as soon as the plants 

 are large enough they should be potted singly, and treated as 

 cuttings that have struck root. They should, on all occa- 

 sions, have all the air that can be safely given, even in winter. 

 The best of this genus are C. fiainnn, pale yellow ; C. Hench- 

 inanni, scarlet ; C. ilicifoUum, orange scarlet; C. Laicreiiceanwn, 

 orange red ; C. spectabile, orange and red ; C. variiim, orange 

 and crimson. 



CHRISTMAS ROSE. See Helleborus niger. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Golden Fi ower. [Compositae.] 

 A genus of hardy annuals, and perennials, and greenhouse 

 shrubs of small importance. The annuals, though free- 

 growing plants, have a strong chamomile smell, and are poor 



