B U X 



B U X 



The dwarf shrubby kinds of these plants are 

 often cultivated £)r sale in the nurseries, f-r 

 fdginffs, l)Cing planted ni close rows, aiui cc.ni- 

 nionly <old bv nieasureuient, generally at aiiout 

 six-pence per vard, nnnng measure, and one 

 vard of which, wlicn {loiid and close, will plant 

 three or four on b-in^ parted. 



In parting the Bon for edgings, it should not 

 \x divided into very small shnv but, if possible, 

 each slip should be turnislicd with fibres ; for 

 allho'.iiih the naked or rootless slips will grow, 

 they should not be planted with the rooted ones, 

 as many may fail, and occasion gaps in the 

 edgings. The plants when slipped should be 

 trimmed both at root and top, cutting otf or 

 eliorteninir the long stiekv roots, but the tops 



should not be cut too close to appear stubby. 

 See Kdgino. 



All the varieties are hardy, and capable of 

 succeeding on almost any sorts of soil and ex- 

 posures. When cultivated for the wood, which 

 li of a (ine. hard dense texture, they may b- 

 planted on the poor chalky or gravelly soils with 

 success. 



The different sorts, when ()linled as shrubs, 

 have a ver\' ornainenta' etleri m the fronts and 

 other parts of the borders and clumps of plea- 

 sure-grounds, in assemblage with others of the 

 more large-leaved evergreen kind. They ar* 

 likewise employed for the forming of ornamental 

 hedges, and for being clipped into differen* 

 forms. 



C A C 



C A C 



CABBAGE. See Brassica. 

 CABBAGE-TRhlE. Sec Cacalia Klei- 



KIA. 



CACALIA, a genus comprehending hardy 

 herbaceous, flowery, perennial, and shrubby 

 plants. Foreign Coltstoot. 



It belongs to the class and order Stjngencsia 

 Polys<irnia JEqnaUs, and ranks in the natural 

 order of Compoiitce DUcoiJetp. 



The characters are : that the calyx is com- 

 mon simple, oblong, at the base only sub-caly- 

 ded, cylindric : the scales five to ten, equal, 

 lanceolate-linear, forming a tube; a few very 

 short, incumbent on the base : the corolla is 

 compound and tubular: the corollules are her- 

 maphrodite, in number the same as the longer 

 leaves of the ca!y.\, and uniform ; proper fun- 

 nel-form, gradually lessening to the tube : bor- 

 der four- or five-cleft, and erect : the stamina 

 consist of five capillary filaments, very short : 

 the anther cylindric and tubular : the pis- 

 tillum is an oblons germ : the style filiform, 

 the length of the stamens: the stigmas two, 

 oblonc "and revolute : the pericarpium none : 

 the calyx unchanged : the seeds solitary', ob- 

 lonsr, and ovate-narrow : the down capillary, 

 and" very long: the receptacle is naked, flat, and 

 dotted.' 



The species most commonly cultivated are : 

 1. C. suut'tuhiii. Sweet-scented Cacalia; 2. C. 

 c/rj/;/ifi/o//a. Orach-leaved Cacalia ; 3. C. Alpi- 

 na, Alpine Furjile Cacalia ; 4. C. pupillurh. 

 Rough-sulked Cacalia; 5. C. ylnleuplwrliiim. 

 Oval-leaved Cacalia j 6. C. Kleniia, Oleander- 



leaved Cacalia, or Cabbage-tree; 7. C. FiioiJef, 

 Flat-leaved Cacalia. There are several other spe- 

 cies that are equally deserving of cultivation. 



The first species has a perennial creeping root, 

 sending out nianv stalks : the leaves are long, 

 smooth, and veined, of a pale green on their 

 under side, but a deep shining green above, and 

 placed alternately. The stalks rise to the heicht 

 of seven or eight feet, are streaked, quite simple, 

 and terminated by corymbs of white flowers. 

 It smells very sweet when dry ; and is a native of 

 Virginia and Canada, flowering in August and 

 ripening its seeds in October. 



The second species has also a perennial root, 

 composed of many fleshy spreading tubers, 

 sending out several strong stalks in the spring, 

 four or five feet high : the leaves are sea-creen 

 on their under side, but darker above, placed 

 alternately the len'Jth of the stalks, which arc 

 terminated by umbels of herbaceous-culoured 

 flowers. It is of the same size aiid stature with 

 the above, and a native of N'irginia, flowering 

 here in Aucrust. 



The third has likewise a perennial root : the 

 stem is a foot and half high, or more, leafy and 

 branching .at intervals : the leaves are on very 

 long petioles; the lowest either very Umii hcart- 

 ihaped, or broader approaching to kidnev- 

 shaped, with the intervals of the toothings semi- 

 lunar; some arc wholly smooth ; some liavetlie 

 ntrves only hairy ; others are u I. ollv tomentose, 

 and thicker. 'I'he stem branches at top, and uii 

 the subdivisions, bear a broad and dense cot)inb 

 of flowcr.= . It IS a native of Switzerland. 

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