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CHIVE or CIVE {Allivm Schano- 

 prasum). Is used as a very superior 

 substitute for young onions in spring 

 saladinp. A single row a few yards 

 Jong, will supply a family. 



Soil. — A light rich soil is most suit- 

 able, but it vvill grow anywhere not 

 overshadowed. 



Plant the offsets of the bulbs early in 

 spring. They are to be inserted by the 

 dibble eight or ten inches apart, and 

 eight or ten offsets in each hole. The 

 only cultivation required is to keep 

 them free from weeds. By autumn they 

 multiply into large-sized bunches, and 

 if required may be taken up as soon as 

 the leaves decay, and be stored as a 

 substitute for the onion. The leaves, 

 which are fit for use as long as they 

 remain green, must, when required, be 

 cut down close to the ground, when 

 they will speedily be succeeded by 

 others. 



CHLIDANTHUS fragrans. Green- 

 house bulbous perennial. Division. 

 Two-thirds sandy loam, one-third sand 

 and peat. 



CHLOANTHES. Three species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Loam and peat. 



CHLORA. Two species. Hardy 

 annuals. Seeds. Common soil. 



CHLORANTHUS. Three species. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs. C. monas- 

 tachye is herbaceous. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



CHLORIDE OF LIME, or Bleaching 

 Powder, is composed of 



Chlorine 63.23 



Lime 36.77 



Exposed to the air it is converted into 

 chalk, and muriate of lime, a salt which 

 absorbs moisture from the air very 

 powerfully. By this conversion it be- 

 comes a useful addition to soils ; and as 

 it also gives out some chlorine gas, so 

 offensive and destructive to insects, it 

 has been suggested as a useful applica- 

 tion to the land at the time of turnip 

 sowing. 



CHLORODYLON swietenia. Stove 

 evergreen tree. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



CHOCOLATE-NUT. Theohroma. 



CHOISYA ternata. Stove evergreen 

 shrub. Cuttings. Peat and loam. 



CHOKE. Cerasus hyemalis. 



CHOMELIA. Two species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



CHORISPORA tenella, and variety. 

 Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil. 



CHOROMOZEMA, Eight species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Seeds 

 or cuttings. Peat, loam, and sand. 



CHOU DE MILAN. See Borecole. 



CHRISTMAS ROSE. Helleborus 

 niger. 



CHRIST'S EYE. Inula oculus 

 Christi. 



CHRIST'S THORN. Paliitrus. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. C. sinense. 

 Often designated the Chinese chrysan- 

 themum. 



Varieties of this flower are numerous, 

 but the following is as good a selection 

 as can be made. Those to which an 

 asterisk is prefixed, are most deserving 

 of attention: — 



Abelard, quilled pink. 



Achmet Bey, dark purple. 



Adventure, yellow. 



Annie Jane, brownish red. 



Annie Salter, pale yellow. 



Aristides, orange and brown. 

 *Beaute de Verseilles, yellow. 



Beauty, pale lilac. 



Belvidere, buff and rose. 



Bertram, purplish rose. 



Bethulia, large purple. 



Bicolor, white and yellow. 



Bijou, white, tipped with pink. 

 *Campestroni, purple. 

 *Celestial, blush. 



Champion, lemon. 



Chancellor, white and pink. 



Changeable, yellow. 



Columbus, rose. 



Compactum, white. 



Comte d'Eu, light red. 



Conductor, orange. 



Criterion, white. 



David, yellow. 



De Crequi, small rosy purple. 



Defiance, white. 



Demosthenes, yellow and brown. 

 *Duc de Conigliano, crimson. 



Duchess de Montebello, light rose. 



E.mpress, lilac. 

 *Exquisite, white. 



Flechier, dark rose. 



Florabundum, dark lilac. 

 *Formosum, white and yellow. 



General Laborde, lilac. 

 *Goliath, white. • 



Gouvain St. Cyr, orange. 

 *Grand Napoleon, purple. 



Grandish, flesh colour. 



Hardy, blush white. 



Horace, purplish rose. 



