390 CHAM^ROPS, THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. CHEiRANfrius. 



lines, and the spines are ivory white. 

 C. Casabonce has deep green white- 

 veined leaves with brown spines. 

 Both kinds grow in compact rosette- 

 like masses about 9 inches high, till the 

 second year, when the flower-stems 

 grow 2 to 3 feet high. They require 

 light, well-drained soil and a warm 

 position, and should seldom be watered. 

 Seed sown in February. 



i to 2 feet long, and quite unarmed. It 

 grows 12 feet or more high, and has a 

 spreading head of fan-like leaves, and is 

 hardy. If small plants are procured, 

 grow them on freely for a year or two in 

 the greenhouse, and then plant out in 

 April, spreading the roots a little and giv- 

 ing them a deep loamy soil. Plant in a 

 sheltered place, so that the leaves may 

 not be injured by winds when they get 

 large. A gentle hollow, or among shrubs 



Chaituerofis Fortunei 



CHAM.E1ROPS. Handsome palms, 

 hardy, and giving distinct effects in the 

 garden. 



C. FORTUNEI (The Chusan Palm). A 

 valuable Palm, often confounded with 

 C. excelsa. It is stouter and has a more 

 profuse matted network of fibres round 

 the bases of the leaves ; the segments of 

 the leaves are much broader, and the 

 leaf-stalks shorter and stouter, being from 



in a Surrey garden. 



on the sides of some sheltered glade, is 

 the best place. C. humilis is also hardy, 

 at least, on sandy soil. 



CHEIRANTHUS * (Wallflower}. 

 Beautiful plants made familiar by the 

 favourite Wallflower (C. Cheiri), the 

 only kind much grown in gardens. It 

 is a native of S. Europe, but naturalised 

 on old walls, in quarries, and on sea- 



