GARDEN FLOWERS. IO3 



low, in May ; Norway; 18 10. C. C//<?z;7 (common) ; hardy sub- 

 shrub ; 18 inches ; flowers yellow or brown, in May ; Europe. 

 C. Maj'shallii (Marshall's) ; hardy herbaceous perennial ; 9 

 inches ; flowers deep-orange, in June and August ; Scotch hy- 

 brid. C. imitabilis (changeable) ; greenhouse sub-shrub ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers purple, changeable, in March ; Madeira; 1777. C. och- 

 roleucus (pale-yellow) ; hardy perennial ; 9 inches ; flowers pale- 

 yellow, in May ; Switzerland ; 1822. 



Chelidonium. Ceiaftdine. [Papaveraceae.] Hardy her- 

 baceous well-known perennials, some of which are rather 

 pretty, and desirable from their early flowering. Propagated 

 by seeds and division. 



C. grandifioncni (large-flowered) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers yellow, in May ; Dahuria ; 1820. C. lacijiatum (jagged) ; 

 hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in May ; south of Eu- 

 rope. C. majtcs fiore-pleno (large-double-flowered) ; hardy per- 

 ennial ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in summer ; Hybrid. 



Chelone. [Scrophulariaceae.] Beautiful herbaceous 

 perennials, closely allied to Pentstemon, and requiring sim- 

 ilar treatment. 



C. barbata (bearded) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers scarlet, 

 in July; Mexico ; 1794. Varieties carnea and major have flesh- 

 colored and orange-striped flowers. C. glabra (smooth) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in August ; North America ; 

 1730. C. Lyoiii (Lyon's) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers pur- 

 ple, in August ; North America ; 181 2. C. obliqua {oh\\o^€)\ 

 hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers rose-purple, in August ; North 

 America; 1752. 



Chenopodium. [Chenopodiaceae.] A few plants of this 

 family, which consists mainly of weeds, have of late been 

 introduced into gardens for dark or elegant foliage. They 

 are generally hardy annuals. C. album and atriplicis are 

 good species. 



Cherry. See Cerasus. 



