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single or double, in July; Europe; 1596. C. pulla (russet); 

 hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers purple, in June ; Austria ; 

 1779. C. pumila (dwarf); hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers 

 blue or white, in June ; Switzerland ; introduction uncertain. 

 C. Pyramidalis (chimney) ; perennial ; 4 feet ; flowers blue or 

 white, in August ; Carniolia ; 1594. C. sylvatica (wood) ; hardy 

 annual ; i foot ; flowers blue, in June ; Nepaul ; 1840. C. thyr- 

 soidea (thyrse-flowered) ; hardy biennial ; 2 feet ; flowers blue, 

 in June ; Switzerland; 1785. C. Vidalii (Capt. Vidal's) ; green- 

 house or half-hardy shrub ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in August ; 

 Azores ; 1851. 



There are more than one hundred and fifty species and 

 varieties, all worthy of garden culture. 



CANARY-BIRD FLOWER. See TROP./EOLUM. 



CANDLEBERRY MYRTLE. SEE MYRICA. 



CANDYTUFT. See IBERIS. 



CANTERBURY BELLS. See CAMPANULA. 



CANNA. Indian Shot. [Marantacese.] Stove perennial 

 herbs, of considerable stature. The seeds are as large as 

 sweet peas, and as hard as flint. Stove or hot-bed heat is 

 required to bring up the plants, which are tall, reed-like, with 

 showy scarlet or yellow flowers. They grow well in loam 

 and dung, and require large pots to grow them successfully. 

 In April fill some well-drained pots with soil, and sow in 

 them a couple of seeds, not more than half an inch deep. 

 Place these pots in a hot-bed, and in a few days the plants 

 will shoot up. Let them have water enough to keep them 

 moist, and, as they grow, destroy the weakest plant, shifting 

 the others by removing the balls whole into larger pots ; and 

 having kept them in the hot-bed a day or two to establish 

 them, remove them to the stove, or, if you have not a stove, 

 to the greenhouse, and plant in the open border about the 

 last of May. They perfect their seed in this country. All 

 the species flower well in warm situations, planted out in 



