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Chorizema continued. 



Chorizemas bear pruning well, and the best time to per- 

 form this operation is as soon as they have finished flower- 

 ing say, with early plants, towards the end of May. But 

 if room can be found for them, they need not be cut ir. 

 much, and they will then soon form large plants, cover- 

 ing the trellises a yard through, and 4ft. or more high. 

 They seldom, however, look better than when placed in 

 Sin. or lOin. pots, clothing a globular trellis. They re- 

 quire plenty of water during the flowering and growing 

 seasons, and if used as basket plants this must be borne 

 in mind. If planted out, an excess of moisture must be 

 avoided, as this brings on mildew, almost the only enemy 

 to which this class of plants is subject ; dustings of dry 

 sulphur on the leaves is the surest remedy. 



These plants do not root freely from cuttings, but a few 

 seeds might be left to ripen. Vigorous young specimens of 

 all the leading sorts may be bought cheaply of nurserymen. 



All the species described below are Australian. 



C. angustifolium (narrow-leaved).* fl. orange-red ; racemes 

 axillary and terminal, many-flowered. April. I. lanceolate- 

 linear, entire, with revolute edges. A. IJft. 1830. SYN. Dillwynia 

 glycinifolia. (B. B. 1514.) 



C. cordatum (cordate).* fl. red or yellow, racemose, drooping. 

 April. 1. sessile, cordate, obtuse, spiny-toothed, h. 1ft. 



C. Dicksoni (Dickson's). fl. scarlet-yellow, axillary, solitary 

 or in pairs, on long peduncles; vexillum large. May to Sep- 

 tember. 1. sessile, ovate-lanceolate, mucronulate. h. 3ft. 1836. 

 (P. M. B. viii. 173.) 



C. diverslfolium (diverse-leaved).* fl. orange-red ; racemes many- 

 flowered, axillary and terminal. May to July. I. scattered, 

 elliptic-lanceolate, obovate, or cuneate, entire, mucronate. h. 2ft. 

 1840. SYN. C. spectabile. (B. R. 1841, 45.) 



C. Henchmannii (Henchmann's).* fl. scarlet, axillary. April to 

 June. 1. acicular. A. 2ft. 1824. Plant hoary. (B. B. 986.) 



C. ilicifolium (Holly-leaved), fl. yellow. March to October. 

 I. pinnatifid-toothed, spiny, oblong-lanceolate, with an entire 

 point longer than the teeth. A. 3ft. 1803. 



C. L nana (dwarf). I. sinuate-toothed, spiny, oblong, obtuse ; 

 bracts below the end of stalk. A. 9in. 1803. (B. M! 1032.) 



C. rhombeum (diamond-leaved), fl. yellow. April and May. 

 I. entire, flat, mucronate ; lower ones rhomboid-orbicular ; upper 

 elliptical-lanceolate. A. 2ft. 1803. 



C. spectabile (showy). A synonym of C. diversifolium. 



C. varinm (variable).* fl. yellow, red ; racemes erect, many- 

 flowered, a little longer than the leaves. June. 2. nearly sessile, 

 roundish-cordate, spiny-toothed and entire, downy. A. 4ft. 

 1837. (B. B. 1839, 49.) A form of this, in gardens named 

 Chandleri, is also desirable. 



CHRISTMAS PRIDE. See Ruellia paniculata. 



CHRISTMAS ROSE. See Helleborus niger. 



CHRIST'S HAIR. See Scclopendrium vulgare. 



CHRIST'S THORN. See Faliurns aculeatus 

 and Zizyphus spina-Christi. 



CHRYSALIDOCARFUS (from chrysos, gold, and 

 Tcarpos, fruit). ORD. Palm. A monotypic genus. The 

 species is a stove Palm. For culture, see Areca. 



O. lutescens (yellowish).* fl., spadix shortly triangular, 1ft. or 

 more in length ; peduncles compressedly two-edged, flexuous. 

 I. very long, pinnate, arched ; pinnae nearly 100, hardly opposite, 

 lanceolate, nearly 2in. in breadth, acute, rich green on both 

 surfaces. Caudex 4in. to 6in. in diameter, 30ft. or more in 

 height, cylindrical, smooth, swollen at the base. Mauritius and 

 Bourbon. An elegant but extremely rare species. SYNS. Areca 

 lutescens, Hyophorbe Commersoniana, and H. indica. 



Chrysanthemum continued. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM (from chrysos, gold, and 

 anthemon, a flower). OED. Composites. A large and, 

 from a garden standpoint, important genus of herbaceous 

 or slightly shrubby plants. Pappus none, or cup-shaped ; 

 receptacle naked; involucral bracts many, imbricated, 

 scarious on the margin. The florists' varieties of C. sinense 

 alone amount to several hundreds. In determining them, 

 the following synopsis will be found useful. (The genus 

 Pyrethrum is now included under Chrysanthemum by the 

 best authorities, but, for the sake of convenience, it is 

 kept distinct in this work.) 



INCURVED, RANUNCULUS-FLOWERED, or EXHIBITION: 

 Florets strap-shaped, curving inwards. See Fig. 432. 



FlO. 432. INCURVK1)-F1X)WERED CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Examples : Alfred Salter, Lady Slade, Mr. George Glenny, 

 Mrs. G. Rundle, Queen of England, White Venus, &c. 



RECURVED, or REFLEX -FLOWERED: Florets strap- 

 shaped, curving outwards from the centre. Examples: 

 Alma, Dr. Sharpe (see Fig. 433), Emperor of China, King 

 of Crimsons, &o. 



FIQ. 433. BECURVED CHRYSANTHEMUM DR. SHARPE. 

 ANEMONE, or QUILLED ASTER-FLOWERED : Ray-florets 

 strap -shaped; disk -florets tubular, densely arranged, 

 oushion-like. Of this section, there are large and small- 

 flowered forms. See Figs. 434 and 435. Of the former, 

 the best examples are: Emperor, Fleur de Marie, Gliick, 

 and King of Anemones; of the latter, or small-flowered, 



