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CHRYSANTHEMUM. 
Cutro'nia.—Gentidnew —Green- | 
house plants of short duration, aud 
consequently requiring to be fre- | 
quently raised fiom cuttings, which 
strike freely in peat under a hand.) 
glass. C. frutéscens, with rose- 
coloured flowers, and its variety, 
with white flowers, are the most | 
desirable species, and may be easily 
procured from the nurseries. ‘They | 
are also frequently raised from Cape | 
seeds, the plants being allindigenous | 
at the Cape of Good Hope. 
Cuoro’zema. — Leguminose. — | 
Beautiful New Holland shrubs, 
thriving well in an equal mixture | 
of loam, sand, and peat. They are | 
readily increased by cuttings ia | 
sand under a bell-glass, or by seeds, 
which are frequently ripened in | 
abundance. All the species are | 
worth cultivating ; and they are in- 
teresting, not only for their beauty, | 
but on account of the story told as | 
the origin of their name. It is said | 
that Labillardiére had been wan- | 
dering in New South Wales for | 
several days, in great distress for 
water, all the springs he found be- | 
ing too brackish to drink ; when, at 
last, he and his companions found 
a fresh-water spring, near which | 
grew some of these plants, which 
Labillardigre named Chordzema, 
from two Greek words, signifying | 
to dance with joy from drinking. 
Curistmas Rosze.—See Heir’ | 
BORUS. 
Curist’s Tuorn.—See Pa.i'urus. | 
Curysa/ntuEmumM. — Composite. 
—The Chinese Chrysanthemum, 
and its varieties, are well known, 
and have, for many years, attracted 
the attention of the cultivator, on 
account of the great variety of their 
showy flowers, which are produced | 
from October to December. They | 
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CHRYSOCOMA. 
of those plants that derive great 
advantage from frequent shifting. 
When this is neglected, the stalks 
are apt to become long and weak, 
with few or no branches; and as 
the flowers are always terminal, they 
are consequently few also. Taking 
off the points of the shoots will make 
| the plants bushy, but it will have a 
tendency to prevent their flowering ; 
but repeatedly changing the pots 
always into one only a little larger, 
will not only make the plants bushy, 
but induce them to flower abun- 
dantly. When this mode of culture 
has been neglected, the Chrysanthe- 
mums should be planted against a 
wall, or pegged down over a bed in 
the flower-yarden ; and by slighily 
protecting them during frosty nights, 
they will frequently continus 
fiower till January or February. 
varieties are continually changing, 
new ones being raised every year ; 
but nearly all the kinds may be 
classed in one or other of the following 
seven divisions,—the Ranunculus- 
flowered, the Incurved, the China 
Aster-flowered, the Marigold-flow- 
ered, the Clustered, the Tasseled, 
and the Quilled. The botanical 
name of the species was formerly 
Chrysinthemum sinénse, but it is 
now removed to the genus Pyreth- 
rum. The best annual Chrysanthe- 
_mums are C. tricolor. L., (C. carina- 
and purple flowers, and C. corond- 
rium, L., with yellow flowers, both 
of which are quite hardy, and well 
worth a place in the flower-garden. 
Seeds may be procured from all the 
tum, Schou.,) with white, yellow, | 
seedsmen. 
Curyso'coma. — Compdsite. — 
Goldy-Locks. Low soft-wooded 
shrubs from the Cape, with yellow 
flowers. They thrive well in a 
grow freely in any light rich soil, | mixture of loam and peat, and are 
and are readily increased by suckers, | readily increased by cuttings. The 
division of the roots, layers, and | herbaceous plants which were for- 
cuttings, which flower the same year | merly included in this genus are now 
they are struck; and they are some | removed to the genera Linésyris, 
