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for transplanting about the end of May, | remain in the pots, and not be shaken 

 or beginning of June following, if pro- out, as is frequently done; for when 

 perly treated ; whilst those sown in the taken out of the soil they are almost 

 spring should not be removed from the sure to get too much dried before they 

 seed-pans before the following spring; are again potted. This is particularly 

 they will by that time have formed roots the case with the early flowering sorts 



about the size of a hazel-nut. Prepare 

 then some large pots or pans, well 

 drain, and fill them with the same kind 

 of soil as that in which these seeds were 

 sown, and transplant the young roots 

 from the seed pans into these, placing 

 them about three or four inches apart 

 according to tlie size of the roots. 

 Return them to the cold pit or frame, 

 and keep them close until they begin 

 to grow ; afterwards admit air freely 

 by day, but keep the pit close at night, 

 till the beginning of July, when the pots 

 or pans should be plunged, and the 

 plants fully exposed, both day and 



' The proper time of the year for 

 resting the flowering roots, entirely de- 

 pends on the sorts. C. Persicum will 

 be at rest when the C. Europaum and 

 C. Neapolitmium will be in full bloom, 

 and vice versa. The roots should be 

 shaken from the soil, and repotted 

 directly the least sign of vegetation is 

 observable. But the early spring- 

 flowering kinds may be forced earlier 

 into bloom by potting a few of the 

 strongest roots sooner, and placing 

 them in a warm dry place. They must 

 not be excited too rapidly, or watered 

 freely; for if they are, the leaves are 



right; taking care, however, that the almost sure to damp ofTduring the dull 

 soil in the pots does not get sodden with winter months, and particularly those 

 too much rain, or become too dry. of the beautiful C. Persicum and its 

 They will require no more trouble, ; varieties." — Card. Chron. 



Curious 

 Suckers. 



CYCLANTHUS plumieri. 



except keeping free from weeds and 



slugs, till the middle of September, ^tove herbaceous perennial. 



when they should be potted singly into Loam and peat 



small forty-eight sized or sixty pots, 



(according to the size of the roots,) 



filled with the same kind of soil as that 



previously used. 



" In potting, the bulbs should never 

 be entirely covered with the soil, but 

 about one-third left exposed. When 



CYCLOBOTHRA. Five species. 

 Hardy, half-hardy, or green-house bul- 

 bous perennials. Bulbs. Peat, loam 

 and sand. 



CYDONIA. Three species, and four 

 varieties. Hardy deciduous fruit trees 

 or shrubs. Suckers. Any soil suits 



potted, they should be placed on the them. C. vulgaris, the quince 

 back shelf of the green-house, or in a 

 cold pit, where they can be kept dry 

 and free from frost, until they begin to 

 grow. If they are the early flowering 

 kinds, a few may be placed in the win- 

 dow of the sitting-room, and but spar- 

 ingly watered until they commence 

 growing, when they should have a more 

 liberal supply. 



" The roots will begin to bloom the 

 second season, and may be placed on 

 the shelves of the green-house ; or if 

 they are of those hardy kinds which 

 flower in summer or autumn, the pots 

 may be plunged in the open border. 

 When done flowering they should be 

 returned to the cold pit or frame, where 

 the lights must be kept on during the 

 night, in cold or wet weather; but 

 where they can have plenty of air at all 

 times, observing as they cease growing, 

 that water should be withheld, and 

 finally, the roots gradually dried. The 

 roots, when dry, should be allowed to 



CYLINDROSPORIUM concen?rzc«m. 

 A parasitical fungus often attacking the 

 cabbage, forming a blight or mildew. 

 Repeated syringing with water in which 

 three ounces per gallon of salt have 

 been dissolved, will remove it. 



CYLISTA. Four species. Stove 

 evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



CYMBIDIUM. Seventeen species. 

 Stove orchids. Division. The terres- 

 trial kinds, loam and peat. The epi- 

 phytal, wood. 



CYMBOPOGON Schcenanthus . A 

 stove species of grass. Seeds. Loam 

 and peat. 



CYNOCHE pentadactylum. Stove 

 epiphyte. Offsets. Fibrous peat. 



CYNOGLOSSUM. Twenty-two spe- 

 cies. Hardy annuals, biennials, or 

 herbaceous perennials. Division. Com- 

 mon soil. 



CYPELLA. Two species. Green- 



