94 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



C. ccerulea (blue) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers blue or 

 white, in July ; south of Europe ; 1596. Variety bicolor j white 

 and blue ; garden hybrid. C. lutea (yellow) ; hardy annual ; I 

 foot ; flowers yellow, in July ; Candia ; 1640. 



CATCHFLY. See SILENE. 



CATMINT. See NEPETA. 



CEANOTHUS. [Rhamnaceae.] Hardy or half-hardy ever- 

 green and deciduous shrubs, generally worthy of cultivation 

 in the shrubbery. They are mostly of free growth and neat 

 habit; flowers numerous and showy. Propagated either by 

 cuttings, which should be planted in sandy soil under hand- 

 glasses, or by layers, which is the readiest way of obtaining 

 strong plants. They are not particular as to soil, but grow 

 well in sandy loam, and, not being very hardy, the situation 

 ought to be a well-drained one. The Californian species 

 may be considered as hardy, in mild winters, south of Phil- 

 adelphia. 



C. Americanus (New-Jersey tea) ; hardy shrub ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers white, in August ; North America. C. ovalis much re- 

 sembles this in flower. C. azureus (azure-flowered) half-hardy 

 evergreen shrub ; 10 feet ; flowers pale-blue, in August ; Mex- 

 ico ; 1818. C. cuneatus (wedge-leaved) ; half-hardy evergreen 

 shrub; 5 feet; flowers white, in April; California; 1848. C. 

 dentatus (tooth-leaved) ; half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 5 feet ; 

 flowers blue, in May; California; 1848. C.floribundus (many- 

 flowered) ; half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 5 feet ; flowers deep 

 blue, in June ; California ; 1852. C. Lobbianus (Lobb's) ; half- 

 hardy evergreen shrub ; 5 feet ; flowers blue, in June ; Califor- 

 nia; 1852. C. pallidus (pale-flowered); half-hardy shrub; 10 

 feet; flowers pale-blue, in summer; North America; 1838. 

 C. papillosus (papillose) ; half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 5 feet ; 

 flowers violet-blue, in May ; California ; 1848. C. rigidus (stiff) ; 

 half-hardy shrub ; flowers blue ; California ; 1848. 



CEDRUS. Cedar. [Pinaceas.] Evergreen trees, hardy 



