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out; and all plants, whether climbers 

 or otherwise, that have been first reared 

 in the stove, or in heat, ought to be 

 thus treated, otherwise it is found in 

 practice that many of them make little 

 progress for the first season or two. 



"Another cause which operates 

 astainst the free progress of some 

 climbers is, that for the sake of conve- 

 nience they are increased from cuttings 

 of the flowering shoots, which are more 



CORCHORUS. See Sherria. 



CORDIA. Thirty species. Stov* 

 evergreen trees or shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



CORDYLINE. Two species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Suckers. Peat and 

 loam, or any light vegetable soil. 



COREMA alha. Hardy evergreen 

 shrub. Layers. Sandy peat. 



COREOPSIS. Twenty-three species. 

 Chiefly hardy herbaceous perennials. 



or less stunted, and the young plants i Cuttings and division. Rich light soil. 



for a time retain that character, until 

 forced by a good feeding or strong heat 

 to assume their native iVeedom ; and 

 even after that is effected, if they are 

 afterwards much confined in small pots, 

 they become again stunted ; then the 

 best remedy is to cut them down to the 

 surface of the ground, and force them 

 in a hot-bed to make a fresh growth 



The annuals and biennials by seeds. 

 Common soil. 



COREOPSIS. See Chrysostemona. 



CORETHROSTYLIS 6rac?ea. Green- 

 house shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam 

 and peat. 



CORIANDRUM sativum. Coriander. 

 Hardy annual. Seeds. Common soil. 



CORIARIA. Two species. Hardy 



Beaumontia grandiflora, and some of ; and green-house evergreen shrubs. Tiie 



the stove Bignonias, are the first to suf 

 fer from either cause ; yet when they 

 are young and vigorous, they grow from 

 ten to twenty feet in length in one sea- 

 son, and some Bignonias even much 

 more. The former should be about two 

 or three years old, and from fifteen to 

 twenty feet in length before it is planted 

 in the conservatory, where it flowers 

 freely for two or three months, in ter- 

 minal heads, of large white trumpet- 

 shaped flowers." — Card. Chron. 



CONTORTION. See Deformity. 



CONVALLARIA. The Lily of the 

 Valley. One species, and two varieties. 

 Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. 

 Common soil. 



CONVOLVULUS. Fifly-one species. 

 Chiefly twiners. The stove and green- 

 house plants thrive best in loam and 

 peat, and increase by cuttings ; the 

 hardy kinds, and green-house annuals 

 and biennials, by seeds. Common soil. 



COOKIA punctata. Stove evergreen 

 tree. Ripened cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



COOPERIA. Two species. Green- 

 house bulbous perennials. Seeds. Sandy 

 compost. 



COPTIS trifoliata. Hardy herba- 

 ceous perennial. Division or seeds. 

 Peat soil. 



CORAL TREE. Erythrina corallo- 

 dendron. 



CORAXIC POISON BULB. Bruns- 

 vigia coronica. 



CORBULARIA serotina. Hardy bul- 

 bous perennial. Offsets. Sandy loam. 



hardy species is increased by cuttings 

 of the roots or suckers. Common soil. 

 The green-house species by cuttings. 

 Sand, loam, and peat. 



CORIS monspeliensis. Green-house 

 biennial. Seeds. Peat and loam. 

 CORKTREE. Quercus suher. 

 CORNELIAN CHERRY. Cornus 

 mascula. 



CORN FLAG. Gladiolus bullatus. 

 CORN SALAD. See Lajnb's Lettuce. 

 CORNUS. Thirteen species, and 

 some varieties. Chiefly hardy decidu- 

 ous shrubs and trees. Seeds or layers. 

 j Common soil. The herbaceous species 

 I thrive best in peat, and increase by di- 

 I vision of the root. 



' C. florida is a common tree in the 

 : United States. It is a pleasing object 

 ' when in bloom ; its creamy white brac- 

 i tea enlivening the woodland when but 

 j few plants have yet expanded their 

 I flowers. 



CORNVTl A pyramidata. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



CORONILLA. Sixteen species, and 

 one variety. Chiefly half-hardy ever- 

 green shrubs. The green-house species 

 are increased by cuttings or seeds. 

 Peat and loam. The herbaceous re- 

 quire protection in severe weather. 

 Seeds or division. The hardy annuals. 

 Seeds. Common soil. Some are hardy 

 deciduous creepers. 



CORRiEA. Nine species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sand 

 and loam. 



