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cular holes may be dug, two feet in I many varieties. Hardy or half-hardy 

 diameter, one deop, and four apart. , trailing annuals. Seeds. Good rich 

 These being lillod with hot dung, trod j soil. See Cucumber. 

 in moderately firm, and earthed over, CUCURBITA. Gourds and Pom- 

 about eight inches, are ready for cither I pions. Ten species and varieties. — 

 seeds or plants. With the shelter of Hardy trailing annuals. Seeds. Good 

 the hand-glasses they will be scarcely rich soil. 



later in production than the regular CULCITIUM salicinum. Green- 

 ridges, j house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. — 

 CUCUMIS. Twenty species, and : Common soil. 



Fig. 32. 



" CULTIVATOR FOR THE HAND 



(Fig. 32) Is made of iron, and is capable 

 of being expanded at will ; it is of great 

 utility in clearing out between rows of 

 vegetables, loosening the soil, and at 

 once performing the work of four ordi- 

 nary hoes.'" — Rural Reg. 



CULTIVATORS, OR HOE-HAR- 

 ROWS. " These are now considered in- 

 dispensable in cultivating corn, potatoes, 

 and all other crops planted in hills or 

 drills — doing the work as effectually 

 as if hoed, and much more expe- 

 ditiously. The form is varied by the 

 different makers, especially in the 

 teeth or hoes. They are made to ex- 

 pand or contract, so as to accommo- 

 date in the distance between the 

 rows." — Rural Reg. 



CULLUAIBINE or COLUMBINE. 

 Aqiiilegin. 



CUJNIIN. See Cuminum. 



Cl'MIN. See Lago'ecia. 



C U Al I N U M . Cyminum. Hardy 

 annual. Seeds. Common soil. 



CUMMINGIA. Four species. llalf- 

 liardy bulbous perennials. OfTsetts. 

 Loam and peat. 



I CUNNINGHAMIA sifiensis. Green- 

 house evergreen tree. Cuttings or 

 seeds. Peat and loam. 



CUNONIA capensis. Green-house 

 evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam 

 and peat. 



CUPANIA. Seven species. Stove 

 evergreen trees or shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Peat and loam. 



CUPHEA. Fourteen species. — 

 Green-house or stove annuals ; and 

 stove biennial, herbaceous perennial 

 or evergreen shrubs. The stove spe- 

 cies grow best in sandy loam, and in- 

 crease from cuttings. The annuals — 

 seeds. Common soil. 



CUP I A. Three species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam, 

 I peat, and sand. 



CUPRESSUS. Seven species, and 

 I some varieties. Hardy or green-house 

 evergreen trees. Seeds or cuttings. 

 Good rich loamy soil. 



C U R A T E L L A . Two species. — 

 Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. — 

 I Sandy loam. 



I CURCULIGO. Six species, and 

 I variety. Stove or green-house herba- 



