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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Cheirostemon c 



mixture of turfy loam and peat, or any light rich soil. 



Cuttings of rather firm shoots will root in sandy peat, if 



placed under a hand glass, in heat. 



C. platanoldes (Plane-tree-like), fl. solitary, boary-tomentose ; 

 petals absent ; calyx somewhat campanulate, furnished with three 

 bracteoles on the outside at the base. I. five and six-lobed, 

 palmate-nerved. h. 60ft. Mexico, 1820. (B. M. 5135.) 



CHEIB.OSTYLIS (from cheir, the hand, and stylos, 



a column ; the projecting column is ridged on the back, 



having somewhat the appearance of the fingers of a hand). 



OBD. Orchidece. A. genus of somewhat interesting, but 



inconspicuous, stove Orchids, in general aspect like a 



small Goody era, but differing from that genus in several 



respects. They require damp heat, and a mixture of three 



parts chopped sphagnum and one part well-decayed leaf 



mould. Increased by the creeping stems. 



C. marmorata (marble-leaved).* /. white, with a reddish calyx ; 



raceme dark purple, long, downy. September. I. deep reddish 



olive-green, with a velvety surface, traversed by fine golden veins, 



which disappear to a great extent when the leaves become old. 



h. 3in. India, 1849. (F. d. S. 4, 370.) 



C. panrlfolia (small-leaved). /. white. September, h. Sin. 

 Ceylon, 1837. 



CHELIDONITTM (from Chelidonion, the Greek name 



used by Dioscorides, from chelidon, a swallow ; it is said 



that the plant flowers at the time of the arrival of swallows, 



and dries up at their departure). Celandine ; Swallow- wort. 



ORIJ. Papaveracece. The only species is a perennial herb, 



abounding in an acrid saffron-coloured juice. It forms 



an excellent subject for naturalising in shrubberies, and 



in the wild garden. Increased by seeds, or by division of 



the roots. In a wild state, it is distributed over the 



temperate parts of Europe and Asia. 



C. japoniciim. See Stylophorum japonicum. 



C. ma jus (large), fl. yellow, three to six together in a loose 



umbel ; penduncles hairy, with a roundish bract at the base. 



Spring and summer. I. pinnate, thin ; leaflets roundish, coarsely 



toothed, h. 1ft. to 2ft. Great Britain. (Sy. En. B. 67.) There 



is a pretty variety (laciniata) with segments of the leaves cut into 



many linear, acute, laciniated lobes, and the petals also cut ; also 



a double-flowered form. 



CHELON ANTHER A 

 Pholidota (which see). 



(in part). A synonym of 





Fio. 423. CHELONE LYONI, showing Habit, and Side View (1) 

 and Front View (2) of Single Flower. 



CHELONE (from chelone, a tortoise ; the back of the 

 upper lip of the corolla is compared to a tortoise). Turtle- 

 head. ORD. Scrophularinece. Very handsome herbaceous 



Chelone continued. 



plants, allied to Pentstemon. Flowers imbricately spiked, 

 terminal ; corolla ringent, ventricose ; lower lip internally 

 bearded; sterile stamens shorter than the others. Seeds 

 winged. Leaves opposite. They are of very easy culture 

 in almost any ordinary garden soil, although a rich, mode- 

 rately light loam is the most satisfactory. Propagation is 

 readily effected by dividing the plants, about August or 

 September, depending upon the flowering ; if this operation 

 be performed in spring, the results are not always so satis- 

 factory. They may also be increased by means of seeds 

 and young cuttings, inserted in sandy soil, in a cold frame. 

 C. atropurpurea (dark purple). A synonym of Pentsteinon 



c'lni/'iniulatus. 



C. barbata. See Pentstemon barbatus. 

 C. glabra (smooth). A glabrous variety of C. obliqua. 

 C. Lyoni (Lyon's).* fl. purple ; spikes terminal, with the flowers 

 clustered. July to September. I. petiolate, cordate-ovate, ser- 

 rated. Plant glabrous, branched, h. 3ft. to 4ft. North Caro- 

 lina, 1812. SYN. C. major. See Fig. 423. (B. M. 1864.) 

 C. major (large). A synonym of C. Lyoni. 



C. nemorosa (wood).* fl., corolla rosy-purple, ventricose ; an- 

 thers woolly ; peduncles three-flowered, downy. July. I. ovate, 

 acuminated, serrated. Plant branched, glabrous, h. 'ift. North- 

 west America, 1827. (B. B, 1211.) 



C. obliqua (oblique).* fl. purple, in close, terminal spikes. Sum- 

 mer. F. petiolate, oblique, lanceolate, unequally serrated, very 

 smooth, h. 2ft. to 3ft Less vigorous than C. Lyoni. North 

 America, 1752. SYN. C. purpurea. (B. B. 175.) The variety 

 alba produces white flowers, and is very showy. 

 C. purpurea (purple). A synonym of C. obliqua. 



CHENOFODIACE2E. An order of herbs or sub- 

 shrubs. Flowers inconspicuous; perianth deeply divided. 

 Leaves alternate, sometimes opposite, exstipulate. This 

 order includes Atriplx, Beta, Chenopodium, and Spinacia. 

 CHENOPODIUM (from chen, a goose, and pous, a 

 foot ; in allusion to the shape of the leaves). ORD. 

 Chenopodiacece. ATI extensive genus of herbaceous or 

 sub-shrubby plants, of little ornamental beauty. They are 

 more or less employed as pot herbs, particularly the species 

 commonly known as " Good King Henry " (0. Bonus- 

 Henricus). Calyx of three to five connate sepals, inferior, 

 persistent and unaltered, closing upon, and often wholly 

 enveloping, the fruit; corolla none. Seeds solitary, len- 

 ticular. 



The Mercury Goose-foot, or Good King Henry, has, in 

 some parts of England, especially in Lincolnshire, long 

 been esteemed as a substitute for Asparagus. The follow- 

 ing method of culture is recommended : The ground should 

 be rich, dry, and deeply trenched. Plants should be put 

 in, about April, 9in. asunder each way ; or seeds sown 



FIG. 424. FLOWERING BRANCH OF CHENOPODIUM AMBROSIOIDES. 



in drills 9in. apart, afterwards hoeing out to 9in. from 

 plant to plant. As soon as they have ripened off, a dress- 

 ing of leaf soil, about 4in. or 5in. in thickness, should 

 be applied. In the spring of the first year, only a small 

 quantity should be cut, as the plants would be too greatly 

 weakened; but each subsequent year, full crops will be 



