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CORYDALIS. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



blossoms, resting on deep-green foliage. 

 Its place is the rock-garden, also thriv- 

 ing on the margins of borders, but not so 

 well as on a bank or in the rock-garden. 

 Cuttings, inserted in early spring. Asia 

 Minor. 



C. varia. — A handsome plant, with 

 pretty rose-coloured flowers ; found in 

 stony places and on many railway banks 

 in France and Northern Italy, forming 

 low dense tufts, sheeted with rosy pink, 

 their beauty conspicuous among the 

 weeds. Seeds. 



C. minima is similar to C. iberica but 

 smaller — a pretty rock plant. 



CORYDALIS {Fumitory).—^ numer- 

 ous family, of the Poppy order, not many 

 important. 



C. bracteata {Bracted Fumitory). — A 

 distinct kind, with yellow flowers. More 

 erect than some other kinds, the flowers 

 cluster together at intervals. The plant 

 is of quite easy culture, and may be best 

 used around the base of the rock-garden. 

 Siberia. 



C. bulbosa {Btdbous Fumitory). — A com- 

 pact tuberous-rooted kind, 4 in. to 6 or 

 7 in. high, with dull purplish flowers in 

 April, and a solid bulbous root, quite 

 hardy, and of easy culture in almost any 

 soil. A pretty little plant for borders, for 

 naturalising" in open spots in woods, and j 

 also for the spring garden. It is natural- 

 ised in several parts of England, but its 

 home is in the warmer parts of Europe. 

 Syns., C. solida and Fumaria solida. 



C. cava. — One of the dwarfest race, 

 flowering early in the year, with purplish 

 blossoms. A prettier kind is the variety 

 albiflora., which is similar, save the colour 

 of the flowers. 



C. Ledebouriana {Ledebour's Fumi- 

 tory). — Distinct on account of its peculiar 

 glaucous leaves, arranged in a whorl about 

 half-way up the stem, 9 to 12 in. high. 

 Flowers are a deep vinous purple,with pink- 

 ish spurs. It is early and hardy. Siberia. 



C. lutea ( Yellow Fumitory). — Graceful 

 masses of delicate pale-green leaves dotted 

 with spurred yellow flowers. It is pretty 

 in borders, and grows to perfection on 

 walls, and the tufts, when emerging from 

 some chink in a fortress wall where 

 rain never falls upon them, are often as 

 full of flower as when planted in fertile soil. 

 A naturalised plant in England. Seeds. 



C. nobilis {Noble Fumito)y). — A dis- 

 tinct and handsome plant, 10 in. or i ft. 

 high ; the flower-stems are stout and 

 leafy to the top, and in summer bear a 

 head of rich golden-yellow flowers with 

 a small reddish-chocolate protuberance 

 in the centre of each. It is easy of cul- 



ture in warm borders, but is rather slow of 

 increase. Division. Siberia. 



C. Semenovii.— A pretty kind from 

 Turkestan. The yellow flowers cluster 

 together in the upper part of the stem and 

 assume a somewhat pendent position. 

 The spur in this kind is very short. It 

 flowers usually in early spring. 



C. thalictrifolia.— A charming addi- 

 tion to rock-garden plants. One foot 

 high, tufted, and spreading, the thin, 

 wiry stems each carry two pairs of leaves 

 on pedicels an inch long, and a terminal 

 leaflet, all deeply notched. The blossoms 

 are yellow, each about an inch long. It 

 flowers profusely from May to October, 

 and in autumn the foliage assumes a 

 reddish tone. China. 



CORYLOPSIS. — A small group of 

 hardy shrubs, allied to the Witch Hazel 

 from China, Japan, and N. India. They 

 are thin and dwarf, have ribbed leaves 

 resembling the Hazel, and bear flowers 

 in drooping racemes. The best known 

 is the Japanese C. spicata, 3 or 4 ft. high, 

 with cowslip-coloured and cowslip-scented 

 flowers, in spikes produced before the 

 leaves in spring, like those of the Witch 

 Hazel. As these are early spring-flowering 

 shrubs, they should be planted m spots 

 sheltered from cold winds. 



CORYLUS {Hazel-nut). -A small 

 group of European and Asiatic trees, re- 

 presented in our country by the Hazel, 

 C. avellana., which is precious in its nut- 

 bearing forms for our gardens. There 

 are varieties, including a weeping one, 

 pendula, and cut-leaved and nettle-leaved 

 forms. Other species worth growing are 

 C. a>nericana, heterop/iylla, ma?ids/iufica, 

 and maxima., with its very fine variety 

 atropurpurea., and other forms, among 

 them the varieties of cobs and filbert nuts 

 grown for their fruits. It is a very pleasant 

 way to plant a group of the best fruiting 

 Hazel in the pleasure ground, or to form 

 what is called a Hazel walk. This used 

 to be done in old times, and where there 

 is sufficient room is often worth doing, for 

 the sake of the fruit as well as the as- 

 sociations of the trees. 



COSMOS. — Mexican plants allied to 

 the Dahlia. C. bipinnatus is a hand- 

 some annual, 3 ft. to 5 ft. high, having 

 finely divided feathery foliage, and large 

 Dahlia-like bright-red-purple blossoms, 

 with yellow centres. It is best raised 

 a tender annual by sowing the seeds 

 in February or March in a heated frame, 

 and transplanting in May in good, 

 rich soil with a warm exposure. It 

 flowers from August to October, is good 

 for grouping with bold and graceful 



