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vary very much in regard to productiveness. We have 

 visited many woods year by year and have found some 

 bushes always crop while others have none. 



Soil. Any ordinary soil, if pretty good, will answer, 

 provided it is not stagnant. A free, upland, light loam, 

 however, is what they prefer, yet they will grow in almost 

 any soil. 



Culture during the Growing Period. Very little is re- 

 quisite after the regular winter pruning, unless it be the 

 extirpation of suckers, and the removal, during summer, 

 of those loose and ill-placed watery growths which only 

 serve to confuse and darken the tree. We may here 

 notice, that some little training may be necessary for 

 those under a dwarfing-system in small gardens, in order 

 to bring them into a compact and handsome shape. 



Culture during the Rest Period. Commencing with the 

 training when young. They are best in single stems of 

 about two feet in height ; and the head should branch 

 off equally, to accomplish which, some pruning back is 

 requisite during the first year or two, whilst the head is 

 forming, and the latter should be kept thin in the centre. 

 When the trees are well established an annual pruning 

 should be resorted to, consisting of still keeping the 

 centre of the bush somewhat open, and in thinning out 

 any cross shoots and superfluous spray. It must be 

 observed, that the fruit is produced on shoots of the 

 preceding year, and generally on portions which have 

 been well exposed to the light. Any coarse or robust 

 shoots should be shortened back nearly half their length ; 

 these will frequently produce axillary branches of a 

 fruitful character. Do not prune until the blossoms are 

 showing ; this will be about the beginning of February. 

 The female blossom is like a minute brush, of a pinkish 

 colour ; the male is the well-known catkin. In pruning, 

 much regard must be paid to these blossoms, especially 

 the female ; scarcely a twig may be cut away containing 

 them. This makes it evident that most of the pruning, or 

 rather, thinning, requisite should have been well carried 

 out prior to the commencement of fruitfulness. 



It often happens that filbert-trees will possess female 

 blossoms with few or no male catkins. When such is 

 the case there will be no crop, unless means be taken to 

 bring the male farina within their reach. Catkins must 

 be sought about the period when the male dust is just 

 beginning to burst. Branches containing these may be 

 tied here and there amongst the bushes most needing 

 them It matters not what kind of nut they are from ; 

 probably the wild hazel is best. 



Fruit: How to Keep. When gathered, the fruit must 

 be kept in jars, in a cool cellar, with husks on. If it is 

 desired to impart a fine, fresh-looking colour to the 

 husks, they must be placed in a close vessel, and a small 

 pan of sulphur gently burned, or rather, smouldered, 

 beneath them. An old Sussex practice was to burn 

 the jars after sprinkling a little salt over the nuts. 



Insects. See CURCULIO NUCUM and APHIS CORYLI. 



CORYMBS, a spike of flowers, the flower-stalks of 

 which are longer in proportion as they stand lower down 

 the main stalk supporting them, so that the flowers are 

 with a top nearly level. Those of Spirce'a opulifo'lia 

 and of the Mountain Ash are examples. 



CORYNE'LLA. (From korune, a club ; referring to 

 the shape of the style. Nat. ord. Leguminous Plants 

 [Leguminosae]. Linn. ly-Diadelphia, 4-Decandria. Allied 

 to Clianthus.) 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings in sand under a 

 glass, and in bottom-heat ; peat and loam ; summer 

 temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55. 

 C. polya'ntha (many-flowered). 5. Purple. W. Ind. 

 1824. 



CORY'NEUM BEUERI'NCKI. A fungus responsible 

 for the frequent gumming in stone-fruit trees, causing 

 limbs or the whole tree to die away. 



CORYNOCA'RPUS. (From korune, a club, and carpos, 

 a fruit ; referring to the form of the fleshy seed. Nat. 

 ord. Anacardiaceae. Linn. s-Pentandria, i-Monogynia 

 Allied to Theophrasta.) 



Greenhouse evergreen tree ; readily increased by 

 layers in light, rich soil. 



C. laviga'ta (smooth). 20. White. New Zealand. 1823. 



au'reo-margina'ta (golden-edged). Leaves with 



broad golden margin. New Zealand. 1886. 



CORYNOPHA'LLUS LEONE'NSIS. See AMORPHO- 



PHALLUS LEONENSIS. 



CORYNOSTY'LIS. (Derived from korune, a club, 

 and stylos, a style ; the style being club-shaped. Nat. 

 ord. Violaceae.) 



Climbing stove perennials. Seeds and cuttings of the 

 young wood, getting firm, or taken off with a heel of 

 the older wood, in sand in a close case, with bottom- 

 heat. 

 C. albiflo'ra (white-flowered). See C. HYBANTHUS. 



Auble'tii (Aublet's). White. Guiana. 1823. 



Hyba'nthus(Uybsnithus). White. Trop. Amer. 1870. 



CORY'PHA. Fan Palm. (From koruphe, the sum- 

 mit ; hi reference to the leaves growing in tufts on the 

 top of this palm. Nat. ord. Palms [Palmacese]. Linn. 

 6-Hexandria, i-Monogynia.) 



Stove palms, except where otherwise mentioned ; 

 soil, rich, sandy loam ; increased by seeds. 

 C. austra'lis (southern). See LIVISTONA AUSTRALIS. 



,, deco'ra (handsome). See LIVISTONA HUMILIS. 



,, du'lcis (sweet). See BRAHEA DULCIS. 



,, ela'ta (tall). 150. E. Ind. 1825. 



,, Geba'nga (Gebanga). 60. Java. 1847. 



glauce'scens (milky-green), too. E. Ind. 1820. 

 Sabal glaucescens (?). 



,, glaucophy'lla (glaucous-leaved). Bourbon. 1826. 



,, heterophy'lla (various-leaved). Danube. 1829. 

 Greenhouse. 



,, mi' nor (smaller). See SABAL ADANSONII. 



Palme'tto (Palmetto). See SABAL PALMETTO. 



,, Pu'mos (Pumos). See COPERNICIA PUMOS. 



,, sylve'stris (wood). 50. Moluccas Islands. 1825. 



,, Talie'ra (Taliera). 100. E. Ind. 1823. 



,, tecto'rum (roof). See COPERNICIA TECTORUM. 



umbraculi' fera (umbrella-bearing). 100. E. Ind. 

 1742. 



U'tan (Utan). See C. SYLVESTRIS. 



Woga'nii (Wogan's). See LIVISTONA WOGANII. 



CORYSA'NTHES. (From korus, a helmet, and cmtJios, 

 a flower ; in allusion to the helmet-shaped flowers. 

 Nat. ord. Orchidacea?.) 



Terrestrial Orchids requiring warm treatment. Loam, 

 leaf-mould, and a liberal quantity of sand. 

 C. limba'ta (bordered). Purple, white. Java. 1863. 

 pic' ta (painted). Purple and yellow. Java. 1867. 



CORYTHO'LOMA. (From korus, a helmet, and 

 tholos, a dome ; in reference to the shape of the flowers. 

 Nat. ord. Gesneraceas.) 



A stove herb, closely allied to Gesnera, and requiring 

 treatment similar to G. cardinalis. 



C. macro'podum (long-stalked). f . Cinnabar red, 

 blotched purple. S. Brazil. 1908. 



COSBZE'A COCCI'NEA. See SCHIZANDRA HANCEANA. 



COSCI'NIUM. (From koskinon, a sieve ; in reference 

 to the large vessels of the wood. Nat. ord. Menis- 

 permaceae.) 



A stove climber. Cuttings of young wood getting 

 firm at the base, in a close frame with bottom-heat. 

 Fibrous loam, peat, and sand. 



C. fenestra'tum (windowed). Brown. India and Ceylon. 

 1852. 



COSMA'NTHUS FIMBRIA'TUS. See PHACELIA FIM- 



BRIATA. 



COSME'LIA. (From hosmeo, to adorn. Nat. ord. 

 Epacrids [Epacridaceae]. Linn. 5-Pentandria, i-Mono- 

 gynia.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings in summer 

 months ; sandy peat and sand. 

 C. ru'bra (red-flowered). Red. Australia. 1826. 



COSMIBUE'NA. (In compliment to Cosmo: Bueno, a 

 Spanish physician, who wrote a natural history of Peru. 

 Nat. ord. Rubiaceae.) 



Evergreen stove tree, or shrub. Seeds, and cuttings 

 of mature wood in sand in a close case, with bottom- 

 heat. Fibrous loam, peat, and sand. 

 C. obtusifp'lia latifo'lia (broad- leaved, blunt- leaved). 20. 

 White. Colombia. 1876. Syn. Cascarilla grandi- 

 folia. 



