350 APPENDIX. 



C. niyra speciosa. In shape and height similar to C. tinc- 

 toria, but the color is dark brown, almost black in the shade ; but, 

 in the sunshine, a brilliant brown crimson, like the richest velvet. 



C. nana. -^- A beautiful dwarf variety, from six to ten inches 

 high ; flowers of the size of C. tinctoria, with various shades of 

 brown and yellow. 



C. bruneo. A variety, with brown flowers. 



Coreopsis coronata. A beautiful new annual, with yellow 

 flowers marked with brown. 



All the varieties are highly ornamental, but prone to make 

 themselves too common, by self-sowing. 



CHEIRANTHUS. 



Cheiranthus cheiri. Wall Flower. This ornamental plant 

 has been greatly improved in the multiplication of its varieties, 

 in its varied colors, and enlargement of its flowers, single, 

 semi-double, and double; varying from light yellow to orange, 

 and reddish brown to violet. 



CUPHEA. 



Cuphea platycentra. A fine dwarf plant for bedding out, 

 with scarlet and purple tubular flowers, which are produced in 

 great profusion through the whole season. It is raised from cut- 

 tings, the same as the V erbena, and, like that plant, must be housed 

 during the winter. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Chrysanthemum indica. Ample directions have been given, 

 at page 101, for the cultivation of this beautiful class of flowers. 

 When these directions were given, the new race of Pompone 

 Chrysanthemums was hardly known in this country, but it is 

 now becoming common in most collections. They were intro- 

 duced, by Mr. Fortune, from China into England, in 1847 ; since 

 that time the varieties have been greatly multiplied and im- 

 proved by French florists, from seed. Their dwarfy and bushy 



