C E A 



C E D 



of the stamens: the stigma obtuse: the pcil- 

 carpiuni is a berry (capsule), dry, thrcc-orained, 

 tlircc-eelled, obtuse, retusc, and set with tu- 

 bcrelcs: the seeds sohtary and ovate. 



The species ct)mui()nly cuUi\atfd are: 1. C 

 Amer'nanus, American C.'canothus, or New Jersey 

 Tea; 2. C. yliiuticiis, Asiatic Ccanoihus; 3. C. 

 Afrkanui, African Evergreen Ccanothus. 



'The first in this climate is a shrub, which 

 seldom rises more than three or four feel high, 

 sending out branches on every side from the 

 ground up\\ ards : the branches are very slender, 

 and, as it is pretty late in the spring before they 

 heiiin to shoot, keep growing very late; eonse- 

 quentlv, unless the aulunui proves dry and mild, 

 the teiider shoots are often killed down very low 

 bv the early frosts; but in favourable seasons, 

 the extreme parts of the shoots only are injured 

 bv the cold: these branches are garnished with 

 oval-pointed leaves, placed opposite, deciduous^ 

 and of a light green colour: the flowers are pro- 

 duced at the extremity of each shoot in close 

 thick spikes, and composed of five small petals, 

 of a clear white colour, making a line appear- 

 ance, as the whole shrub is covered over with 

 flowers. 



These appear in July, and in mild seasons 

 again in October. It is a native of North 

 America, where the leaves are sometimes used as 

 tea. 



The second species riseswith a shrubby branch- 

 ing stem, four feet high. The branches are alter- 

 nate, flexuose, striated and smooth: the leaves 

 are alternate, rescml)ling those of the pear, 

 acuminate, smooth, at the ends of the small 

 branches, scarcely an inch in length, on petioles 

 half the length of the leaves : the racemes from 

 each axilla usually two, small, the length of the 

 petioles, consisting of many florets, on very 

 short pedicels, caHucous, one often remaining 

 which bears fruit: hence the raceme is tooth- 

 letted from the falling of the flowers, which are 

 of a irreenish colour : the berries are large. It 

 is a native of Ceylon, Sec. 



The third species rises to the height of ten or 

 twelve feet, with a w oody stem, covered with a 

 rough dark-coloured bark, and sends out many 

 weak branches, which hang downwards: these 

 while voung are green, but afterward change to 

 a purplish colour: they are garnished with 

 oblong pointed leaves, of a lucid green, smooth, 

 and slightly serrate on their edges : the flow ers 

 are small, of an herbaceous colour, coming out 

 from the side of the branches; sometimes ap- 

 pearini: in July, but not succeeded by seeds in 

 this climate, nor do the plants often prr)dure 

 flowers; being chiefly preserved for the beauiy 

 of their shining evergreen leaves. It is a native 



of the C;>pe, and sometimes known by the title 

 of Ahlernoidef. 



Culture. — This,inthefirst sort, maybe eflectcd 

 either by seeds or layers. In the first mode the 

 seeds should be sown, as soon as procured, in 

 pots of light earth, lightly covered in, jilaeing 

 them in a frame, to have occasional shelter in 

 had weather; and in spring plunge them in a 

 hot-bed to bring up the plants, hardening them 

 gradually to the full air in summer, but in au- 

 tumn removing them to have shelter luuil t!ie 

 following spring, when they should be planted 

 out in seiiarate small pots, or in a nursery-bed 

 in the full ground, being covered occasionally 

 again in the following winter, as thev require 

 protection from severe frost the two or three 

 tirst years of their grow th. 



In the latter method, some of the youngest 

 branches should be laitl down in atitumn, in 

 the usual wav, which become rooted in twelve 

 months, and in the spring after should be 

 planted out. Some of the first young shoots 

 may also be laid down during the summer, 

 in order to have the greater chance of success. 



In the second species the propagation may 

 be eflccted by seeds, which should be sown in 

 pots of light earth, plunging them in the bark- 

 bed, and likewise bv laying the young shoots 

 down in the autunm, [)luns;ing the pots as above : 

 the plants afterwards should be managed as other 

 woody exotics of the stove. 



The third sort is raised expeditiously by laying 

 down the voung shoots, either in their own pots, 

 or others placed for the purpose, in the autumn. 

 They are also capable of being increased by 

 young cuttings, planted in the spring in pots, 

 plunging them in the bark- or other hot-bed 

 about two months. They afterwards require 

 onlv the ordinary culture of greenhouse plants. 



'J'lie first is an elegant little flowering shrub, 

 for the more conspicuous compartments of the 

 shrubbcrv, being planted in a moderately dry 

 soil and sheltered situation, in the fronts of the 

 clumps or borders. 



'i'he second afi'ords variety in the stove; and 

 the third is worthv of a place in the greenhouse 

 collection, for the beautv of its shining grech. 

 leaves. 



CI'IDAH, Barlmhes. 

 Ci:n AK. JJirmuda^. 

 CKDAH, Carolina. 

 CEDAK, Li'hinon. 



See CtDKKLA. 



See JuMiMiRtis. 

 See Ju.Mt'ERUS. 

 See I'lNus Cedrus. 



CEDAK, Lt/ciaii. Sec Junipi:rcs. 

 CEDAH, I'/iu-innaii. 



See JuM PERI'S. 

 CEDAH, rir'/iiiiuu. See JuNii'iiiit'b. 

 CEDAI!, Uiiilc. See CuPiiEssus. 

 CEDKEEA, a genus containing a plant of the 

 exotic tree kind for the stove. Bastard Cc'dai'. 

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