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CHESTNUT, HORSE. Sec JEscvlvs. 



CHINA PINK. SeeDiAXTHus. 



CHINA ROSE. See Hibiscus. 



CHIOCOCCA, a genus containing a plant 

 of the ornamental flowering ghmbby exotic 

 kind for the stove. 



It helono-s to the class and order Pcntandria 

 Monogi/nki, and ranks in the natural order of 

 y}ggrbgala-. 



Thecharaclcrs are : that the calyx is a five- 

 toothed, superior, permanent perianthium : 

 the corolla monopetalous, funnel-form : tube 

 lono-, spreading: border five-parted: divisions 



stem, about ten feet high : the leaves are a? large 

 as those of the laurel, but of a much thinner 

 substance; the flowers come out in May, hang- 

 in"- in long bunches, and are of a pure white: 

 hence it is called Snowdrop Tree; and, from 

 the flowers being cut into narrow segments, 

 Frinire Tree. After the flowers have fallen 

 away, the fruit appears,, which is a dark-co- 

 loured drupe, about the size of a sloe. It is a 

 native of South Carolina. 



There are varieties, with broader, or ovate- 

 elliptic, and with narrower, or lanceolate leaves. 



Cullure. — The method of propagation in this 



equal, acute, reflected: the stamina consist of five shrub is either by seed or layers of the young 



filiform filaments, length of the corolla: anthers branches: the latter is a tedious method, as the 



oblong, erect : the pistUlum is an inferior, round- branches do not easily strike root, 



ishj compressed germ ; style filiform, length of The seed should be procured from America, 



the stamens: stigma simple, obtuse: the peri- and sown as soon as it arrives m large pots of 



carpiumisaroundishberry, compressed, crowned fresh loamy earth, half an inch deep, plunging 



with the calyx, one-celled : the seeds two, round- them in a shady border, keeping them tree from 



ish, compressed, and distant. 



The species chiefly cultivated is C racemosa. 

 Climbing Snowberry Tree. 



It rises with a climbing, branchy stem, seve- 

 ral feet high, garnished with broad spear-shaped 

 leaves, and flowers in a raceme, succeeded by 

 numerous white berries of a loose texture. 



weeds, and giving occasional waterings, till au- 

 tumn, when they should be moved to a frame, 

 or where they can be occasionally sheltered dur- 

 ing hard frost in winter; and in March plunged 

 into a hot-bed, to bring them up. 



The plants should afterwards be hardened gra- 

 dually to the full air, and occasional shade be 



There is a larger variety with smaller leaves given from the mid-day sun at their first appear 



and pale-coloured flowers. 



Culture. — These plants may be raised by 

 layers or cuttings of the young branches, which 

 should be laid down or planted in pots during 

 the summer months; and when well rooted, be 

 taken off and planted in other pots, or removed 



ance, and w ater during summer, being sheltered 

 a^ain in the autumn and winter, when they may 

 be pricked out separately in small pots ; and after 

 managing them in the same way another year or 

 two, be planted out in the full ground. 



The layers should be made from the young 



into larger ones, a little water being given when twigs of the last summer's growth ; and as they 

 the different operations are performed. cmil roots reluctantly, a slit or twist should be 



They afford ornament and variety when placed given at the part laid in the earth, watering them 

 ■ " " ■ " well during summer, and in two years some may 



be rooted, so as to be taken off, and planted 

 out. 



It is a most beautiful ornamental shrub for the 

 plantations of pleasure-grounds, and prospers 

 in any common soil, though it is said to delight 

 most in that of a somewhat moist loamy nature. 

 It should be placed conspicuously, and so as to 

 have the shelter of other shrubs, that there may 



in assemblage with other stove plants 



CHIONANTH L- S, a genus containing a plant 

 of the deciduous flowering shrubby kind. 



It belongs to the class and order DiuJidria ]\Tn- 

 ■nogynia, and ranks in the natural order of Sc- 

 piaricB, 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium ; four-parted, erect, acumi- 

 nate, permanent: the corolla is monopetalous. 



fimnel-form : tube very short, length ofthe calyx, be a more plentiful bloom. 



spreading: border of four divisions, which are 

 linear, erect, acute, oblique, most extremely 

 long: the stamina consist of two very short su- 

 bulate filaments, inserted into the tube: anthers 

 cordate, erect: pistillum is an ovate germ : style 

 simple, length of the calyx : stigma obtuse, 

 trifid : the pericarpium is a one-celled, round 

 drupe: the seed is a striated nut. 



The species cultivated is C. Firginica, Vir- 

 ginia Snowdrop, or Fringe Tree. 



It rises in its native situation with a roueh 



.■)laiits of 



CHIRONIA, a genus comprising 

 the exotic shrubby green-house kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria 

 Monogijniu, and riuiks in the natural order of 

 Rutaci^ce. 



The characters arc: that the calyx is a five- 

 parted, erect, acute, permanent, one-leafed peri- 

 anthium : leaflets oblong: the corolla monopeta- 

 lous, equal: tube narrower ; border five-parted, 

 spreading:, divisions ovate, equal: the stimina 

 consist of five broad, short filaments, growing 



