86 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



the flower-border, and are very effective both in foliage and 

 blossom. For this purpose the plants are turned out about 

 the middle of May. When once reared, the plants may be 

 perpetuated by division. 



C. Achiras (Achiras) ; 5 feet ; flowers dark-red, in August ; 

 Isle of Mendoza ; 1829. C. angustifolia (narrow-leaved); 2 feet ; 

 flowers scarlet, in July ; South America ; 1824. C. aurantiaca 

 (orange); 4 feet ; flowers orange, in September; Brazil; 1824. 

 C. carnea (flesh-colored) ; 4 feet ; flowers flesh-color, in Septem- 

 ber ; Brazil ; 1822. C. coccinea (scarlet); 2 feet ; flowers scarlet, 

 in September; South America; 1731. C. compacta (compact); 



2 feet; flowers red, in July ; East Indies ; 1820. C. crocea (saf- 

 fron-colored) ; 2 feet ; flowers red, in July ; 1823. C. denudata 

 (naked) ; 2 feet ; flowers scarlet, in June ; Brazil ; 1818. C. de- 

 nudata latifolia (broad-leaved) ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in July ; 

 Brazil ; 1818. C. discolor (two-colored-leaved) ; 10 feet ; flowers 

 scarlet, in September; Trinidad; 1827. C. ediilis (eatable); 



3 feet; flowers red, in September; Peru; 1820. C. esculenta 

 (esculent); 4 feet ; flowers red, in September ; South America ; 

 1822. C. excelsa (lofty); 16 feet; flowers scarlet, in September; 

 Brazil ; 1820. C. flaccida (weak) ; 5 feet ; flowers red, in July ; 

 South Carolina; 1788. C. gigantea (gigantic) ; 5 feet; flowers 

 red and yellow, in July; south of Europe; 1809. C. glauca 

 (milky-green) ; 2 feet ; flowers yellow, in September ; South 

 America ; 1730. C. glauca rnbrolutea (yellow and red); 4^- feet ; 

 flowers yellowish-red, in August ; Jamaica ; 1 834. C. glauca 

 rufa (reddish-brown); 2 feet; flowers brown, in July; South 

 America. C. Indica (Indian); 2 feet ; flowers scarlet, in Sep- 

 tember; India; 1570. C. maciilata (spotted); 2 feet; flowers 

 reddish-yellow, in September ; India. C. iridiflora (iris-flow- 

 ered) ; 6 feet; flowers red, in September; Peru; 1816. C. 

 juncea (rush-like) ; i foot ; flowers red, in May ; Indies ; 1820. 

 C. Lagunensis (Laguna) ; 5 feet ; flowers yellow, in September; 

 Laguna ; 1828. C. Lamberti (Lambert's) ; 4 feet ; flowers scar- 

 let, in July ; Trinidad; 1819. C. lanceolata (spear-leaved); 3 

 feet; flowers red, in September; Brazil; 1825. C. lanuginosa 



