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growths, especially those of the previous 

 season, are a bright red-purple colour. In 

 its native habitats it grows in wet places, 

 but in Britain thrives in our ordinary soil. 

 N. America. 



C. SUECICA is a native of N. and Arctic 

 Europe, Asia, and America, in Britain 

 occurring on high moorlands from York- 

 shire northwards, and ascends to 3000 

 feet. It is a charming little plant, flower- 

 ing in July and August, with rather large 

 white bracts, followed by red drupes. It 

 should be grown in light soil or in peat in 

 partial shade in the bog garden. N. 



COROKIA. Two pretty evergreen 

 shrubs from New Zealand, allied to the 

 Dogwoods, and hardy only in the 

 warmer parts of Britain. Plants more 

 unlike are seldom found so nearly 

 related. Increase by cuttings or by 

 layers in the autumn. 



C. BUDDLEOIDES is from the New Zea- 

 land coast-belt, with glossy leaves forming 

 a handsome shrub 10 feet high and 

 through, with lance-shaped dark green 

 leaves, silvery on the under side, from a 

 downy covering which extends to the 

 stems and branches. Starry yellow 

 flowers with an orange centre appear in 

 loose spike-like clusters during May and 

 June, followed by oval yellow berries. It 

 likes a half-shaded position in good loam, 

 growing fast and fruiting freely. 



C. COTONEASTER. Coming from the 

 mountains, this kind is hardier, and easily 

 grown in southern gardens. Though really 

 evergreen, the leaves are so small and 

 scattered that even in full growth the 

 plant has a peculiar appearance, and yet 

 so thickly do the stems interlace that there 

 is no suggestion of nakedness. The tiny 

 leaves are bright green while young, 

 becoming dark, and finally orange-red 

 before falling. The plant grows well in 

 a north aspect and in partial shade, but 

 will also bear the sun in sheltered spots on 

 the lawn or in the rock garden, where its 

 tendency is to spread. 



CORONILLA. Flowering shrubs of 

 the Pea family. 



C. EMERUS (Scorpion Senna). An ele- 

 gant loose bush, 3 to 6 feet high, in mild 

 seasons, remaining green through the 

 winter. The flowers are reddish when 

 first expanded, becoming yellow. It 

 blooms freely in early summer, and flowers 

 again in autumn, This is the only bushy 

 Coronilla that can be well grown in the 

 open air in our country, but in mild dis- 

 tricts C. glauca, a beautiful shrub with 

 glaucous foliage and yellow flowers, usually 

 grown in greenhouses, may be grown out 

 of doors. S. Europe. 



C. CAPPADOCICA (IBERICA) is a vigorous 

 trailer well suited to the larger rock 

 garden. In early summer, with its bright 

 yellow blossoms, resting on deep glaucous 



blue foliage, it is very effective. Cuttings, 

 division and seed. Asia Minor. 



C. MINIMA is similar to C. iberica, but 

 smaller ; a pretty rock plant. It is not 

 frequent, though quite good. 



C. VARIA. A handsome plant, with 

 rose-coloured flowers ; found in stony 

 places and on many railway banks in 

 France and N. Italy, forming low, dense 

 tufts, sheeted with rosy-pink, their beauty 

 conspicuous among the weeds. Seeds. 



CORYDALIS (Fumitory}. A numer- 

 ous family, of the Poppy order, not 

 many important for the garden. 



C. BRACTEATA (Bracted Fumitory). A 

 distinct kind, with yellow flowers. More 

 erect than some other kinds, the flowers 

 cluster together at intervals. The plant 

 is of quite easy culture. Siberia. 



C. BULBOSA (Bulbous Fumitory). A 

 compact tuberous-rooted kind, 4 inches 

 to 6 or 7 inches high, with dull purplish 

 flowers in April, and a solid bulbous root, 

 quite hardy, and of easy culture in almost 

 any soil. A pretty little plant for borders, 

 for naturalising in open spots in woods, 

 and also for the spring garden. It is 

 naturalised in several parts of England, 

 but its home is in the warmer parts of 

 Europe. 



C. CAVA. One of the dwarfest race, 

 flowering early in the year, with purplish 

 blossoms. A prettier kind is the variety 

 albiflora, which is similar, save the colour 

 of the flowers. 



C. LEDEBOURIANA (Ledebour's Fumi- 

 tory). Distinct on account of its peculiar 

 glaucous leaves, arranged in a whorl about 

 half-way up the stem, 9 to 12 inches high. 

 Flowers are a deep vinous purple, with 

 pinkish spurs. It is early and hardy. 

 Siberia. 



C. LUTEA (Yellow Fumitory). Graceful 

 masses of delicate pale green leaves dotted 

 with spurred yellow flowers. It is pretty 

 in borders, and grows to perfection on 

 walls, and the tufts, when emerging from 

 some chink in a fortress wall where rain 

 never falls upon them, are often as full of 

 flower as when planted in fertile soil. A 

 naturalised plant in England. Seeds. 



C. NOBILIS (Noble Fumitory). A dis- 

 tinct and handsome plant, 10 inches or 

 i foot high ; the flower-stems are stout 

 and leafy to the top, and in summer bear 

 a head of rich golden-yellow flowers with 

 a small reddish point in the centre of each. 

 It is easy of culture in warm borders, but 

 is rather slow of increase. Division. 

 Siberia. 



C. SEMENOVII. A pretty kind from 

 Turkestan. The yellow flowers cluster 

 together in the upper part of the stem 

 and assume a somewhat pendent position. 

 The spur in this kind is very short. It 

 flowers usually in early spring. 



C. THALICTRIFOLIA. A charming addi- 

 tion to rock garden plants. One foot high, 



