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CUCUBALUS. 
They ripen abundance of seed, but ‘should be grown in a compost of 
the seedlings do not flower till the | vegetable mould, sand, and peat, 
| and the pots must be well drained ; 
_as, though it requires frequent wa- 
third or fourth year. 
Crocks, or Potsnerps.—Broken 
pieces of flower-pots, bricks, or tiles, | 
used for draining flower-pots, con- | 
taining plants. 
Crosssreps differ from hybrids 
in being produced by plants more 
nearly allied to each other; as two 
varieties of one species, two nearly 
allied species, &c. For the mode 
of making these crosses, see GERA- 
nium and Hysrip. 
Crorara‘ria. — Leguminose. — 
Herbaceous plants, natives of the 
East and West Indies, and a few | 
shrubs, natives of the Cape, with 
showy pea-flowers, generally either 
purple or yellow. There are a few 
annual species, the hardy ones of 
which are natives of North America, 
but the species most commonly cul- 
tivated are greenhouse shrubs. They | 
should be grown in sandy loam and | 
peat, well drained; and they are | 
propagated by cuttings of the young 
wood and seeds. 
Cro‘ron.— Euphorbidcee.—-Most- 
tering, no plant suffers more from 
the effects of water being allowed to 
remain in a stagnant state about its 
roots. Whenever the leaves turn 
yellow, and the flowers drop off 
without expanding, the cultivator 
may feel assured that there is some 
fault in the drainage, and the plant 
should be repotted. It is increased 
by cuttings. 
Crown ImpertaL.—A very showy 
bulbous-rooted plant, formerly in- 
cluded in the genus Fritillaria ; but 
it has lately been placed in another 
genus. It is quite hardy, and wher. 
the bulb is once planted in any com- 
mon garden soil, the plant needs ne 
other culture. 
CructAne'LLa.— Rubiicee, or Ga- 
lidceez.—The very beautiful little 
plant called C. stylosa, has brought 
this somewhat neglected genus 
again into notice ; though Dr. Lind- 
ley doubts its belonging to the genus 
at all. As, however, itis generally 
ly stove-shrubs, natives of the East | so called in gardens and nurseries, 
Indies and South America. 
picta (Codie\um pictum, Juss.) is a | the subject. 
very remarkable and ornamental 
plant, from the brilliant colour of 
its leaves, which are variegated | 
with blotches of scarlet yellow, and 
dark purple. This species should 
be grown in lime-rubbish and peat, 
or in sand only, and the pots must 
be well drained, or the leaves will 
soon become green, and lose their 
beauty. The Croton oil is made 
from an annual species, C. T#glium, 
a native of the East Indies. The 
shrubby kinds are propagated by 
cuttings, which should not have 
their leaves shortened, and which 
must be struck in moist heat. 
CrowFoot.—See Ranvu’/Ncvuvs. 
Cro‘wea. — Rutécee. — A very 
pretty New Holland shrub, which 
will flower nearly all the year. It 
C. | nothing further will be said here on 
It is a hardy peren- 
nial, a native of mountains in Per- 
|sia, growing about a foot high in 
any good garden soil, and well 
adapted for beds in a geometric 
flower-garden, from its profusion of 
bright pink flowers, which it con- 
tinues producing from June to Sep- 
tember. It is well adapted for rock- 
work, and it is increased by dividing 
the roots. ; 
Cryprocamous PLants.—Mosses, 
Ferns, Lichens, and other plants, 
which do not produce any visible 
flowers. 
Cuckoo-FLOWER.—Several British 
spring-flowering plants are known 
by this name, but that most com- 
monly so designated is Cardamine 
pratensis. 
Cucu'zaLus.—Caryophyllacee.-— 
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