CERATONIA. 
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CEREUS. 
will flower all the summer; and C.| The pod is fleshy, like that of the 
suaveolens, and C. moschaia, L., the 
yellow and purple Sweet Siemens 
have been formed into the genus | 
Amberboa by Professor De Can- 
dolle. 
Cz/rasus.— Rosdcee—The Cher- 
ry. Hardy trees and shrubs, for the 
most part deciduous, and all more | 
or less ornamental on account of | 
their flowers. ‘The common double | 
Cherry, and the French double! 
Cherry, deserve a place in every 
garden ; and equally so do the Chi. | 
nese Cherry, C. Pseudocérasus ; 
the Ali-Saints’ Cherry, C. semper- 
florens; the Bird Cherry, C. Pi- 
dus; the Virginian Bird Cherry, C. 
virginiana ; the Mahaleb Plum or 
Cherry, C. Mahaleb ; and the Japan 
erry, C. japonica, known in the 
‘nurseries as the double dwarf Al- 
mond. Many of the plants here 
enumerated are known at some of 
the nurseries by the name of Prunus; 
as P. Mahaieb, P. Padus, &c.; but 
in others they are called Cerasus. 
It is necessary to know this to avoid 
buying the same plant under differ- 
ent names. All the species grow in 
common soil, and are propagated 
by grafting or seeds. The common 
Laurel, Cérasus Laurocérasus, and 
the Portugal Laurel, Cérasus lusi- 
tanica, which also belong to this 
genus, have showy spikes of flowers, 
and deserve culture on that account, 
independently of their shining ever- | 
green leaves. [The common and, 
Portugal Laurels here alluded to are | 
beautiful evergreens, (differing en-_ 
tirely from our common laurel, or | 
Kalmia), and with the Hollies, &c., | 
are the pride and glory of the Eng- 
lish gardens and shrubberies in an- | 
tumn and winter. Unfortunately, | 
our winters in the middle and north- | 
ern States are too severe for them | 
to thrive without protection.—Ep.] | 
Crrato\nia.— Leguminose.—An 
evergreen greenhouse shrub, a native 
* the south of Europe and Asia. 
Tamarind, and it is said to have 
been the food St. John fed on in the 
wilderness, the seeds being called 
** locusts,” and the pulp “ wild 
honey.” Hence the popular name 
of St. John’s Bread. It is also 
called the Carob tree. The tree is 
of very slow growth, and the flowers 
have no beauty; but the plant is 
worth cultivation for its dark green 
leathery leaves. It should be grown 
in a mixture of equal parts of loam 
and peat, well drained, and frequently 
watered ; and it is propagated by 
cuttings of the old wood stuck in 
sand. 
Ce’rcis. — Leguminise. — The » 
Judas tree.—Few trees are more 
ornamental in a shrubbery than the 
two species of this genus ; but 
Ceércis Siliquastrum, the common 
kind, is decidedly the handsomest. 
‘The leaves are curiously shaped, and 
the flowers, which are of a beautiful 
pink, grow out of the bark of the 
stem and branches, and not, lke 
those of other plants, among the 
leaves. These flowers have an 
agreeably acid taste, and when fried 
in batter make excellent fritters. 
The common Judas tree is a native 
of the Levant, and it is frequently 
grown against a wall, producing its 
flowers in April; but the American 
kind, C. canadénsis, is quite hardy. 
They both produce abundance of 
seeds, and grow best in a deep sandy 
loam, rather rich than poor. 
Ce‘reus.—Cactdceew.—The Torch 
Thistle. One of the genera into 
which the Linnean genus Cactus 
is now divided. This genus was 
first formed by Mr. Haworth, who 
made it consist only of all the Cacti 
that had long angular or round 
stems ; but modern botanists in- 
clude in it those of the short round- 
stemmed porcupine Cacti, that have 
long tube-shaped flowers. Of the 
true kinds of Cereus, which are 
still generally the only ones known 
ta. 
we 
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