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the large, outer leaves removed, and then insert them 

 up to their heads hi rows, three feet asunder each way. 

 Each variety must be planted as far from any other as 

 possible, as, indeed, from every other species of cabbage- 

 wort ; and this precaution applies equally to the whole 

 tribe. 



Frame Seedlings. The heat must never exceed 60, 

 nor sink more than two or three degrees beneath 50, 

 which is the most favourable minimum. Air should be 

 admitted freely in the day, and the glasses covered, as 

 necessity requires, at night with matting. 



Coleworts or Collets merely signify cabbages eaten 

 young, or previous to their hearts becoming firm, the 

 genuine Colewort, or Dorsetshire Kale, being nearly 

 extinct. 



The cabbage is liable to the MILDEW and AMBURY, 

 which see, and to many insects, as the Aphis, Mamestra, 

 and those next enumerated. 



CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. See PIERIS. 



CABBAGE FLY. See ANTHOMYIA. 



CABBAGE-GARDEN PEBBLE-MOTH. PyraMs. 



CABBAGE MOTH. Mamestra. 



CABO MBA. (Derivation not explained. Nat. ord. 

 Water shields [Nymphasacere]. Linn. 6-Hexandria, 2- 

 Digynia.) 



Small water-plants, with floating shield-like leaves, 

 and small yellow flowers, which look, at a distance, like 

 so many Crowfoot-flowers. Interesting species, propa- 

 gated by root division, requiring only greenhouse culture 

 in summer, and to rest in a cool part of the stove in 

 winter. A shallow pan of water, with three inches deep 

 of rich loam in the bottom, will suit them well. 

 C. aqua'tica (aquatic). Yellow. May. Mexico. 1823. 

 carolinia'na (Carolinian). Yellow. N. Amer. 



C AC A LI A. (From kakos, pernicious, and lian, ex- 

 ceedingly ; supposed to be hurtful to the soil. Nat. ord. 

 Composites [Compositas]. Linn. ig-Syngenesia, i-JEqualis. 

 Allied to Senecio.) 



Hardy species are propagated by dividing the plant, 

 and dividing the root when tuberous. C. coccinea may 

 be sown in the borders, in April ; other annuals require 

 a hotbed ; Cape and East Indian species require the 

 greenhouse and stove respectively. Cuttings should have 

 their juicy ends dried before inserting them in sandy 

 soil ; sandy loam, fibrous peat, equal parts ; lime- 

 rubbish and very rotten cow-dung, half a part of each. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



C. alpi'na (alpine). See ADENOSTYLES VIRIDIS. 

 a/n'/>/tct'/o7t'a(Atriplex-leaved). See SENECIO ATRIPLI- 



CIFOLIUS. 



cocci' 'nea (scarlet-flowered). See EMILIA FLAMMEA. 

 cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). See MIKANIA CORDIFOLIA. 

 hasta'ta (halbert-leaved) . See SENECIO SAGITTATUS. 

 renifo'rmis (kidney- formed). See SENECIO MUEHLEN- 



BERGII. 



suave' olens (sweet-scented). See SENECIO SUAVEO- 



LENS. 



tubero'sa (tuberous), i. August. N. Amer. 1812. 

 Tuberous-rooted. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



C. articula'ta (jointed). See KLEINIA ARTICULATA. 

 carno'sa (fleshy-leaved) . See SENECIO ELEGANS. 

 cyli'ndrica (cylindrical). See OTHONNA CYLINDRICA. 

 Hawo'rthii (Haworth's). See KLEINIA HAWORTHII. 

 Klei'nia (Klein's). See KLEINIA NERIIFOLIA. 

 longifo'lia (long-leaved). See KLEINIA PUGIONI- 



FORMIS. 

 papilla 'ris (pimpled-stalked). See KLEINIA PAPIL- 



LARIS. 

 pugionifo'rmis (dagger- formed). See KLEINIA 



PUGIONIFORMIS. 



radi'cans (rooting). See KLEINIA RADICANS. 



reticula'ta (netted). 2. Yellow. Bourbon. 1823. 



sca'ndens (climbing). See SENECIO VOLUBILIS. 



STOVE. 



C. bi'color (two-coloured). See GYNURA BICOLOR. 

 ova'lis (oval-leaved). See GYNURA PSEUDO-CHINA. 



CA'CHRYS. (A native name. Nat. ord. Umbelli- 

 fera.) 



Hardy perennial herb. Seeds; divisions. Ordinary 

 soil. 



C. odonta'lgica (tooth-pain), i. Yellow. July. Siberia. 

 1820. 



CACOU'CIA. (The Indian name. Nat. ord. Myro- 

 bolans [Combretaceae]. Linn. n-Dodecandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Combretum.) 



A fine stove climber, requiring the same treatment as 

 Combre'tum purpu'reum. Cuttings of stiff side-shoots in 

 sand, close frame, with bottom-heat. Peat and loam, 

 both sandy and fibrous. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; 

 winter, 50 to 60. 



C. cocci' nea (scarlet). Scarlet. May. Guiana. 



CACTUS DAHLIA. See DAHLIA JUAREZII. 



CA'CTUS. Melon Thistle. (A name applied by Theo- 

 phrastus to some spiny plant. Nat. ord. Indian Figs 

 [Cactacea?]. Linn. i2-Icosandria, i-Monogynia.) 



This extensive genus of Indian Fig, Meloacactus, &c., 

 has been very properly divided into several and well- 

 marked genera : here we gather them under one general 

 title. 



ANHALO'NIOM. 



C Engeltna'nni (Englemann's). Mexico. 

 prisma'ticum (prismatic). Mexico. 

 Willia'msii (Williams's). White. June. Mexico. 



1845. 

 Lewi'nii (Lewin's). 



CE'REUS (Torch Thistle). 



C. abno'rmis (abnormal). See C. PERUVIANUS. 

 acuta'ngulus (sharp-angled). Yellow. September. 



Mexico. 1835. 



erina'ceus (rough). July. W. Ind. 1818. 

 Eyrie' sii (Eyries's). White, yellow. September. 



Argentina. 1829. 

 crista'tus (crested). 

 ro'seus (rosy). 

 ru'ber (red). 



flagellifo'rmis (whip-formed). Rat's-tail Cactus. 

 glau'cus (sea-green). Brazil. 

 Le'cchii (Lecche's). Yellow. July. 1833. 

 leea'nus (Lee's). Mexico. 

 oxygo'nus (sharp-angled). Pale rose. May. Brazil. 



1831. 



Pentla'ndi (Pentland's). Rose. July. 

 peruvia'nus (Peruvian). White. July. S. Amer. 



1818. 



polyaca'nthus (many-spined). Texas. 

 pulche'llus (beautiful). White. August. Mexico. 



1831. 

 rhodaca'ntha (red-spined). Scarlet. September. 



Argentina. 1835. 



se'nilis (old). 20. S. Amer. 1823. 

 speciosi' ssimus (showiest). Crimson. July. Mexico. 



1836. 



ECHINOCACTUS (Hedgehog Thistle). 



C. acua'tus (arched). Yellow. September. Monte 



Video. 1836. 



agglomera' tus (heaped). See C. SPIRALIS. 

 arcua'tus (arch-ribbed). See C. ACUATUS. 

 centete'rius (many-spined). Yellow. July. Mexico. 



1840. 

 chlorophtha'lmus (green-eyed). Purple. June. Rio 



del Monte. 

 conci'nnus (neat). Yellow. March. Monte Video. 



1828. 

 corni'gerus (horn-bearing). White. July. Mexico. 



1830. 



,, corruga'tus (ribbed). Chili. 1824. 

 coryno'des (club-shaped). Yellow. October. S. Amer. 



1837. 



crispa'tus (curled). Purple. Mexico. 1826. 

 cyli'ndricus (cylindrical). Mexico. 1836. 

 ,, de'nsus (dense). Mexico. 1829. 

 De'ppei (Deppe's). Mexico. 1829. 

 depresses (depressed). S. Amer. 1798. 

 echina'tus (hedgehog-like). April. Mexico. 1830. 

 edu'lis (eatable). Yellow. Mexico. 



