CAPRIFOLIUM. 



53 



CARAGAXA. 



an inner pot ; tlae object of the 

 former being to lessen the evapora- 

 tion from the latter. Others mix 

 lumps of freestone with, the soil in 

 the pots ; and these being powerful 

 absorbers of moisture, retain, as it 

 were, a reserve of water for the 

 plant to have recourse to when it is 

 neglected by the gardener. It may 

 be useful to observe, that when 

 peat, or a mixture of sand and peat, 

 in a pot where the soil has become 

 matted with roots, is once thoroughly 



i dried, it is extremely difficult to 

 moisten it again properly ; and 

 hence, many persons who pour 

 water on the surface of pots con- 

 taining plants in sandy peat, ima- 

 gine that it penetrates the ball of 

 earth, and reaches all the roots, 

 while, in fact, it very frequently 

 escapes between the ball and the 

 pot, moistening only the outer sur- 



j face of the ball, and leaving the 

 great mass of roots in its centre 

 quite dry. Perhaps as many Cape 

 Heaths and shrubs, and Australian 

 shrubs, are killed in this way, as 

 Geraniums and bulbs are killed by 

 over- watering. — See Eri'ca, 



Ca'pparis. — CapparidecB. — A 

 genus of ramblmg shrubs, natives 

 of both the East and West Indies, 

 and of South America. One spe- 

 cies, C. spinbsa, the common Caper, 

 grows wild in the south of Europe, 

 and forms in England a greenhouse 

 trailer as well as a most suitable 

 plant for a conservative wall, re- 

 markable in both situations for the 

 beauty of its flowers. It grows in 

 common soil, and is readily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings of the roots. 

 A plant grew for many years in 

 the garden of Camden House, 

 Kensington. 



Caprifo'lium. — Caprifoliacece. 

 — The Honeysuckle. — Well-knov.Ti 

 climbing-plants, remarkable for the 

 delightful fragrance of their flowers. 



C. itdlicum, the Italian Honey- 

 suckle ; C. PericJymenum, the 

 common "Woodbine, and its varie- 

 ties ; and C. sempervirens, the 

 Trumpet Honeysuckle, are those 

 most common in collections. The 

 beautiful and very fragrant plant 

 generally called Zomcera Jiexuosa, 

 is sometimes found under the name 

 of Caprifulium chinense, or japo- 

 nicum: but the gold and silver 

 Honeysuckle is generally called C. 

 japonicum. Both these plants are 

 natives of Japan and China, and 

 they are rather tender in British 

 gardens. They should be grown 

 in a soil composed of sand, peat, 

 and loam, and are propagated by 

 cuttings. The Trumpet and Yellow 

 Honeysuckles, C. fiavum, should 

 also be grown in sandy peat, and 

 they require a slight protection in 

 severe weather ; but all the other 

 kinds may be grown in common 

 soil, without any further care than 

 training them against a wall, or 

 over paling. 



Ca'psicuji. — SoJanacece. — The 



pods of the plants belonging to this 



genus produce the Cayenne Pepper ; 



and some of the species are very 



ornamental from their bright scarlet 



colour, and their remaining on all 



the winter. They are generally 



tender annuals, requiring the heat 



, of a stove to ripen their fruit ; but 



j there is one species, C. cerasifonne, 



1 sometimes called Cherry Pepper, or 



Bell Pepper, which does not require 



any greater heat than that of a 



greenhouse. 



Caraga'xa. — Leguminosce. — 

 I The principal species contained in 

 the genus Caragana are low trees 

 and large shrubs, with abraptly 

 pinnate leaves, and pea-flowers, 

 which are generally yellow. They 

 are mostly natives of Siberia, and 

 flower early in spring ; their light 

 elegant foliage often appearing as 



