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flowers ; a few, perhaps, having done 

 so in the midst of their fourth crop of 

 leaves." — Hori. Soc. Trans. 



They are very hardy, and require no 

 care till the leaves begin to fade, when 

 they should be taken up and kept in a 

 state of rest for two or three months: 

 some do not take them up oftener than 

 once in three years, which answers 

 very well for the border sorts. Even 

 the 



longer; because, as the young bulbs 

 are formed on the top of the others, 

 they come nearer to the surface every 

 year, till at last, if neglected, they are 

 thrown out and lost. — Enc. Gard. 



Soil, 4"C. — They like a warm, dry, 

 light soil, in wliich they will thrive for 

 many years without requiring removal. 

 Both are, however, better for being 

 taken up occasionally, because in that 

 way their roots are exposed to fresh soil, 

 and are not obliged to search through 



Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



CRYPTOSTEMMA. Three species. 

 Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil. 



CUCKOO-FLOWER. Lychnis flos- 

 cuculi. 



CUCKOO-FLOWER. Cardaminepra- 

 tensis. 



CUCKOO-SPIT. See Teftigonia. 



CVCULLl A verbasci. Mullien Shark, 

 however, should not be left I The caterpillars of this moth are very 

 destructive to Verbascums in June and 

 July. Mr. Curtis describes them as 

 being " about two and a half inches 

 long, bluish white and thickly sprinkled 

 with black and bright yellow spots ; 

 when touched, they emit a considerable 

 quantity of dark green fluid from their 

 mouths. When they have attained their 

 growth, they burrow into the ground at 

 the roots of the plant on which they 

 have been feeding, and in a few days 

 form a cocoon made principally of half 



exhausted earth for their necessary food. ' rotted leaves and fine mould, and bound 



They are fond of cow-dung as a manure; 

 it may be applied just after Christmas. 

 — Gard. Chron. 



CROWEA. Two species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



CROWN IMPERIAL. See Fritil- 

 lary. 



CRUCIANELLA. Fourteen species. 

 Hardy annuals and herbaceous peren- 

 nials. C. americana and C. maritima 

 are green-house evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings. Loam and peat. 



CRYPTANDRA. Two species. 

 Green-house shrubs. Cuttings. Rich 

 light loam. 



CRYPTOCHILUS sanguinea. Stove 

 orchid. Offsets. Peat and potsherds. 



CRYPTOLEPIS elegans. Stove ever- 

 green climber. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



CRYPTOMERIA japonica. Japan 

 Cedar. " Hardy evergreen tree, which 

 will probably prove one of the most 

 ornamental of the Conifera;. Sow the 

 seed in sandy loam in a cool place; pot 

 singly ; the first year it will attain a 

 height of from twelve to eighteen 

 inches. It grows rapidly, and is as easily 

 managed as the Chinese Arbor Vita; 

 {Thuja Orientalis), succeeding in almost 

 any soil or situation, not very poor or 

 wet." — (Hort. Soc. Journ.) — It will be 

 propagated, probably, by cuttings. 



CRYPTOSTEGIA. Two species. 



firmly together with silk, so as to re- 

 semble a stone, or a small lump of earth. 

 They remain in this state till the follow- 

 ing May, and sometimes for two years, 

 when they emerge as pretty blackish 

 brown moths. The wings, when ex- 

 tended, measure between one and two 

 inches across; the upper pair are brown- 

 ish, clouded with black, and have on 

 the inner edge a pale white patch, re- 

 sembling the figure 3, or the Greek 

 letter c; the lower wings are pale 

 brownish, and sometimes nearly white, 

 and have a broad dark border. We 

 have seen those caterpillars in such 

 abundance in some gardens, as to com- 

 pletely destroy all the different kinds of 

 Mullein, and the nearly allied plants. 

 The only way to lessen their ravages, 

 is to collect and kill the caterpillars." 

 — Gard. Chron. 



CUCUMBER. Cucumis sativus. 

 This, like many other esculent vege- 

 tables, has been divided into a number 

 of varieties and subvarieties, the greater 

 portion of which could be easily dis- 

 pensed with ; for all useful purposes, 

 three or four varieties are amply suffi- 

 cient. " Those principally grown are 

 the Early Frame and Long Green 

 Prickly. The Early Frame is of mode- 

 rate length, prickly, and is the variety 

 generally used as the early crop for 

 salad. 



" The Long Green is mostly grown 

 for pickling ; all the varieties are very 



