List of Ornamental Trees & Shrubs with Descriptions 75 



*Cedrus libani (Cedar of Lebanon) Is scarcely attractive for 

 other than historic reasons, and is only handsome as an old 

 specimen. 50 feet. 



Oestrums and Habrothamnus are all somewhat tender and need 

 a warm corner on the high veld, although quite successful 

 anywhere in the middle veld. 0. Ifevegatum, the " Inkberry/' 

 is "used as a hedge plant on the Natal Coast, but cannot be 

 recommended. C. aurantiacum is large and vigorous, and 

 bears yellow flowers in profusion. C. elegans is the best of 

 all as a garden shrub, bearing clusters of graceful rosy crim- 

 son flowers in great profusion. 6 to 15 feet. 



Cestrurn cyanea has pendulous clusters of purple-blue 

 flowers. 20 feet. 



*Chois]/a ternatd An excellent and hardy shrub, with most beau- 

 tiful shiny dark green foliage. Flowers large, white, and 

 sweetly scented. 8 feet. 



Clerodendron fargesii A strong shrub, suckering rather freely, 

 with bold foliage, purple tinted, and clusters of pendant 

 white flowers. 6 feet. 



Clerodendron fallax The Clerodendrons are flower border shrubs, 

 for warm Midlands and Coast. C. fallax bears very hand- 

 some coral flowers. 4 feet. 



Combretum See Climbing Plants p. 110. 



Coprosma The common deep shining green garden type is C. 

 lucida. There is a variety of this, C. 1. aurea, with roundish 

 leaves of green and gold. A third variety, C. baucri, is also 

 variegated green and gold. All are dwarf, drooping shrubs, 

 three to four feet high, of great beauty. Nice rockery plants. 



*Cord)/line (Draoena) The Cordylines are used for lawns, or for 

 tropical effects as foliage plants. They are palm-like, with 

 drooping (mostly) narrow leaves, very graceful and quite 

 hardy. The varieties D. australis, D. indivisa, D. draco are 

 the hardiest. Height from 6 to 15 feet. Of slow growth. 



*Coronilla cmerus (Scorpion Senna) A dwarf compact shrub 

 with good foliage and very numerous yellow flowers. 4 feet. 



*Coronilla glauca Similar to the above in general habit, but the 

 handsome foliage is a glaucous green and very pretty. 4 feet. 



*CotoneastersThe varieties used in shrubberies and for rock- 

 eries are all small-leaved, dark green, and bear an abundance 

 of scarlet berries in Autumn and Winter. C. horizontalis is 

 of trailing habit and suitable for rough rocks. C. rotundi- 

 folia is a small, compact bush, about 4 feet. C. simmonsii 

 is larger and looser, but very handsome when in berry. 6 

 feet. 



*Cryptomcria japonica (Japanese Cedar) An extremely hand- 

 some Conifer, of fine erect growth and graceful foliage. 

 Some of the specimens in Natal have reached a height of 60 

 feet, and are fine objects. The beauty exists even in a tiny 

 young tree, and increases up to 20 years of age if plenty of 

 room is allowed for development. The tree stands cold well, 



