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CORRIGIOLA. Three species. Har- 

 dy trnilers. Seeds. Common soil. 



CORTUSA Mathiole. Hardy herba- 

 ceous perenni.il. Requires protection 

 in severe weatlier. Division or seeds. 

 Peat and loam. 



CORYANTHES. Three species. 

 Stove epiphytes. Division. Wood. 



Two species. Half- 

 Division. Loam and 



CORYCIUM. 

 hardy orchids, 

 peat. 



C0RYDALI8. 



Twenty-four species. 

 Hardy annuals, biennials, or tuberous- 

 rooted perennials. The latter increase 

 by division. Peat and loam. The an- 

 nuals by seeds. Common soil. 



CORYLUS. Nut Tree. Seven spe- 

 cies, and many varieties. Hardy de- 

 ciduous shrubs. Suckers or layers. 

 Common soil. See Filbert. 



CORYNOCARPUS lavigatus. Green- 

 house evergreen tree. Layers. Rich 

 mould. 



CORYPHA. Eight species. Palms. 

 A strong moist heat, and sandy loam. 



COSCENIUM fenestratum. Stove 

 evergreen climber. Division. Loam 

 and peat. 



COSMEA. Seven species. Green- 

 house or hardy annuals. Seeds. Com- 

 mon soil. 



COSMELL\ rubra. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy 

 peat. 



COSMUS. Three species. Hardy 

 and green-house tuberous-rooted pe- 

 rennials. Division. Common soil. C. 

 tenuifolius is a hardy annual, increased 

 from seeds. 



COSSIGNIA borbonica. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



COSTMARY. See Bahamita. 

 COSTUS. Twelve specjes. Stove 

 herbaceous perennials 

 seed. Peat and loam. 



COTONEASTER. Ten species, and 

 some varieties. Hardy deciduous 

 shrubs. Layers. Common soil. 



COTYLEDON. Thirty-six species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs : a few 

 herbaceous perennials. Cuttings dried 

 in the sun. Sandv loam. 



COULTERIA. " Two species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Seeds. Peat and 

 loam. 



COURGOURDE. Lagenaria vul- 

 garis. 



COUTAREA speciosa. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings. Sandy peat. 



CO\VANIAp//cafa. Hardy evergreen 

 shrub. Division. Sandy peat. 



COWBERRY. Vaccinium Vitis Idea. 

 COWDIE PINE. Dammara australis. 

 COWSLIP. {Primula vcris.) There 

 are several varieties, varying in colour 

 from almost white to a very deep yel- 

 low ; some are single, but others are 

 double, in the form that florists distin- 

 guish as hose-in-liose, the calyx iu these 

 being converted into corolla. Some, 

 specimens will produce one hundred 

 pips upon a single truss, and they have 

 been known to yield even more than 

 one hundred and fifty. 



The cultivation is the same as that of 

 the Polyanthus. 



CRAMBE. Three species. Hardy 

 tuberous-rooted perennial. Division or 

 seed. Rich soil. See Sea-kale. 



CRANBERRY. Oxy coccus palustr is. 

 CRANE'S BILL. Geranium. 

 CRASSULA. Fifty-nine species and 

 a few varieties. Hardy evergreen an- 

 nual or biennial shrubs. Cuttings laid 

 for a few days in the sun. Sandy loam 

 and brick rubbish. 



CRATAEGUS. Hawthorn. Fifty 

 species and many varieties. Chiefly 

 hardy deciduous low trees. Seeds, 

 buds, or grafts. 



Dr. Lindley gives the following list 

 of the most showy kinds. 



C. Aronia. — Most showy species of 

 all in the autumn ; very large bright 

 yellow fruit in great abundance. 



C. Tenacetifolia. — Upright growing, 

 finely cut leaves, the largest fruit of all, 

 yellow. 



C. Odoratissima. — A spreading tree ; 



downy leaves, numerous large bright 



red fruit in the autumn. 



I C. Orientalis. — Large dark red fruit. 



! C. Coccinia. — Very showy; large and 



Division or numerous bunches of bright red fruit in 



the autumn. 



C. Glandulosa. — Dense bush, and is 

 ornamental in the autumn, covered 

 with abundance of rather large red fruit. 

 C. Punctata. — Three varieties, one 

 with red fruit, another with yellow, and 

 a third with an upright or fastigiatn 

 habit of growth. 



C. Oliveriana. — Small, deeply cut, 

 woolly leaves, and small black fruit, 

 numerous and ornamental in the au- 

 tumn. 



C. Dougla-sii. — Various shaped leaves 

 and black fruit, which ripen early ia 

 the autumn. 



