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Culture. — The propagation of these plants is 

 easily effected, cither by slipping or dividinu; the 

 routs in aiitunni, when the stalks decay, iiTanl- 

 in"- them out where they are to remain, keeping 

 lliem clean lioni weeds, and cutting down the 

 stalks annually in autumn, when they begin to 

 decay. The third and fourth sorts may be ren- 

 dered more forward b\- the use of a hot-bed. 

 They arc all well calculated for the more large 

 borders and clumps, introducing them in the 

 vacant spaces between shrubs ; as they exhibit a 

 plentiful bloom till late in the autumn. 



COKl ANDHI L'.\l, a genus containing a plant 

 of the herbaceous culinary annual kind. 



It belongs to ihe class and order l\ntamhi(i 

 Digyii'ia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 UinivlhtfT. 



The characters arc : that the calyx is an uni- 

 versal umbel, with few rays: partial with very 

 manv : involucre universal scarce one-leaved: 

 partial three-leaved, halved, linear : the perianth 

 proper live-looihed, standingout : thecorollauni- 

 versal diHbrm, raved : tlosculcs of the disk abor- 

 tive : (iroper of the disk heruiaphrodile : petals 

 live, inflcx-emarginate, equal : projieroflhe ray, 

 liermaphrodite: petals five, intlex-hearted, un- 

 equal, of which the exterior is very large, two- 

 [)arted ; but tlie nearest lateral ones have a very 

 argc division: the staniina have five simple fila- 

 ments: anthers roundish: the pistillum is an 

 inferior licrin : styles two, distant : stigmas of 

 the ray headed : there is no pericarpium : fruit 

 spherical bipartite : the seeds two, hemispheric 

 and concave. 



The species cultivated is C. sativum. Com- 

 mon or Great Coriander. 



It has an annual small root ; the stem a 

 foot or a foot and half in height, smooth and 

 branched : the root-leaves larger, doubly pinnate : 

 pinnules broad, gashed on every side, serrate and 

 even half-two-lol)ed : iqiper leaves very finely 

 divided, also doubly pinnate : the pinnules linear, 

 slender, divided into two or three segrnents: pe- 

 tals white, or reddish. It flowers in June and 

 July ; and the seeds ripen in July and August. 



The leaves have a strong disagreeable scent ; 

 buttheseeds are grateful to the ta^tc, and, when 

 incrusted with sugar, fold by the confectioncis. 

 They, as well as the plant, are also sometimes 

 used for culinary purjioses. 



Cull inc. — 'I'liis is managed bv sow ing the seed 

 in the spring, or beginning of summer, in shallow 

 drills, half an inch deep, and six mches asunder, 

 keeping them afterwards free from weeds. As 

 the plants soon run up to seed, live or six sow- 

 ings should be made, from March till the latter 

 end of summer, the last on a warm border, or in 

 a bed to be defended with a frame, 8cc., in ordir 



to provide young green leaves more convenieniK', 

 as they may be wanted in winter. 



When cultivated for seed, it should be sown 

 early in March, either in drills a foot apart, or 

 broad-east, and raked in: \» hen the plants are 

 an inch or two in height, thev shoulil be hoed 

 to six or eight inches distance. They produce ripe 

 seed about August ; w hen the seed-steins should 

 be caielully pulled or cut in proper time : as the 

 seeds are but >ligluly attached, if particular care 

 is not taken in gathering soon enough, and cut- 

 ting the stalks, a great part sheds and is lost. 

 When cut, they should be put into a cloth, and 

 thrashed out as soon as possible. The vomig 

 haves are used as culinary herbs, and the sect's 

 for dillerent purposes. 



It is a proper ])lant for slirubberv borders, 

 .lud clumps, to increase the variety, where ilti 

 creeping roots send iq) manv small suckers fiu- 

 future increase. 



COKIAHIA, a genus comprising a plant of 

 the deciduous flowering hardv shrubi)v kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Diut'cia 

 Dfcaudiiu. 



'I"he characters arc : that in the male the calvx 

 is a ti\e-leaved perianth, verv short: leaflets 

 subovate, concave : the corolla has live petals, 

 very like the calyx, connected : the stamina con- 

 sist of ten filaments, length of the corolla: an- 

 thers oblong, two-]>artcd : in the female, thecalvx 

 is a live-leaved perianth verv short; leaHets sub- 

 ovate, concave: the corolla has live petals, cus- 

 pidate, ealyeiform, converging: the stamina con- 

 sist of ten filaments (five within the cal)X ; five 

 w-ithin the petals) very short : anthers barren : 

 the pistillum has five germs, ci>nqiresscd, inward- 

 ly conjoined : styles as manv, bristle-form, long : 

 stigmas simple: there is no peiicar|)inni : five 

 fleshy, ovate-lanceolate, three-sided petals, with 

 one of the angles looking inwards, covering the 

 seeds : the seeds five, kiunev-form. 



The species mostly cultivated is C. mi/iii- 

 folia, Tanner's or Myrtle-leaved Sumach. 



It is a shrub which seldom grows more than 

 three or four feet high. It creeps at the root, 

 and sends forth inain stems. In the male plant, 

 the flower-buds are often in pairs fiom the sear 

 of the fallen leaves. Male aments, cvliiidrie, op- 

 posite, in pairs (one from each bud),leafliss: pairs 

 from one to live, below the polvgamous aments: 

 the (lowers are separated bv lieshv, concave scales: 

 the hermaphrodite buds also solitary or in pairs, 

 above the former, in several pairs ; some males 

 being mixed with the hermaphrodites. The other 

 buds, occupying the ends of the branches, have 

 niale flowers only, in leafless aments. 



In the female plant, very many flower-buds 

 are placed alone the branches, opposite by pairs: 

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