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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



CODLIN GRUB. See Apple or Codlin Grub. 

 CODLINS AND CREAM. See Epilobium hir- 

 sutum. 



CODONOPSIS (from koflon, a bell, and opsis, reem- 

 blance ; in reference to the shape of the flowers). STN. 

 Glossocomia, OED. Campanulacece. A genus of glabrous 

 herbs. Flowers whitish, yellowish, or deep purple, ter- 

 minal, axillary, pedunculate. Leaves alternate or nearly 

 opposite, ovate, acuminated, not entire, on short petioles, 

 glaucous, rarely hoary beneath. Branches usually opposite 

 more or less articulated at their origin. 

 C. clematidea (Clematis-like). fl. white, tinged with blue. 

 I. stalked, ovate, acuminate. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Mountains of Asia. 

 Hardy perennial. Svx. Glossocomia clematidea. (R. G. 167.) 

 C. cordata (cordate). A synonym of Campanumcea javanica. 

 C. gracilis. See Campanunu-ea gracilis. 

 C. rotundifolla (round-leaved), fl. yellowish-green, veined with 

 dark purple, large ; corolla urceolate-globose, campanulate, with 

 inflated tube ; peduncles terminal, slender, one-flowered. 



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L petioled, opposite or rarely alternate, ovate, rather obtus 

 Himalaya. A long, slender, climbing annual. (B. M. 4942.) 

 C. r. grandiflora (large-flowered). A very pretty variety, with a 

 more variegated corolla than the type, the flowers very much 

 resembling those of the Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna). 

 Himalaya. (B. M. 5018.) 



CCELESTINA (from ccelestis, celestial ; in reference to 

 the blue-coloured flowers). OED. Composites. This genus 

 is now merged into Ageratum. Half-hardy, showy, herba- 

 ceous perennials. Pappus a membranous rim ; involucre 

 cylindrical, many -leaved, imbricated ; receptacle convex, 

 naked ; florets all tubular. They are of easy culture in 

 ordinary garden soil. Propagated by seeds and cuttings, 

 which are easily managed in gentle warmth, in spring. 

 C. ageratoides (Ageratum-like).* fl.-heads blue. July to October. 



I. stalked, ovate, acute, rounded at base, serrated, pilose above, 



hairy beneath, h. 1ft. New Spain. 



Other species are ccerulea and micrantha, both blue-flowered, 

 and natives of America; but they are scarcely worth growing. 



CCBIiIA (from koilos, hollow ; in allusion to the pollen 

 masses, which are convex outside and concave inside). 

 ORD. Orchidece. Very curious and pretty stove epiphytal 

 Orchids. Sepals distinct, equal, spreading; petals nearly 

 equal, but a little smaller than the sepals ; lip quite entire, 

 unguiculate, continuous with the base of the column, which j 

 is short. For culture, &c., see Epidendrum. 

 C. Baucrlana (Bauer's).* /. white, fragrant; racemes many- 



flowered; bracts long. June. I. eiisifonu. Pseudo-bulbs ovate. 



h. 1ft. West Indies, Ac., 1790. (B. R. 28, 36.) 

 C. macrostachya (large-spiked).* /. red; 



racemes many-flowered; bracts linear-lan- 



ceolate, acute, squarrose ; lip lanceolate, bi- 



saccate at base. April. 1. ensiform, plicate. 



Pseudo-bulbs large, almost globose, h. lift. 



Guatemala, 1840. (B. M. 4712.) 



CCELIOFSIS (from Ccelia, and opsis, 

 resemblance; resembling a Coelia) . OED. 

 Orchidew. A stove epiphytal Orchid, re- 

 quiring cultivation similar to Epiden- 

 drum (which see). 



C. hyacinthosma (Hyacinth-scented).* fl. 

 white; point of the superior sepal, and of 

 the petals, orange ; lip white, base and apex 

 orange, with a deep crimson blotch in the 

 middle; foot of column purplish-crimson; 

 peduncle arising from the base of the well- 

 sheathed bulb, with a dense raceme of six to 

 eight flowers, which have R most delicious 

 Hyacinth-like scent. I. plaited, cuneate- 

 Panam'a *' Pseudo ' bul 



Coelogyne continued. 



but narrower; a great cncullate lip, usually bearing 

 fringes on its veins ; and a broad membranous column. 

 The majority of the species are what may be termed oool- 

 house, or, at any rate, intermediate-house, plants; for, 

 although they like a somewhat higher temperature when 

 growing, they remain more healthy, and flower more abun- 

 dantly, if kept quite cool during the resting and flowering 

 period. Pot culture is preferable for these plants, although 

 they may also be grown upon blocks of wood. When small, 

 and under this latter treatment, they are apt to dwindle 

 away, instead of increasing in size. In preparing the 

 pots or pans, good drainage must be carefully provided, as, 

 although Coelogynes require and enjoy a liberal supply 

 of water during the growing season, nothing stagnant 

 or sour must be allowed to come near the roots. A 

 good compost may be formed of about equal parts living 

 sphagnum and fibrous peat, with the addition of a little 

 silver sand. The plants should be raised upon a moderate- 

 sized cone above the rim of the pot, and then firmly 

 pressed down. The time for repotting or surfacing is just 

 after the flowers are past ; and, as the blooming season 

 of most of the kinds is during winter, this will come 

 round about the middle of February. Although, as before 

 remarked, these plants require a copious supply of water 

 when growing, care must be taken that it does not lie in 

 the* centre of the young shoots, or they will be very apt 

 to decay. When the growth is fully matured, an amount 

 of moisture just sufficient to keep the pseudo-bulbs from 

 shrivelling, will be all that is necessary. 



gh).* /. about Sin. in diameter ; sepals and 



. asperata (rough).* 

 petals pale cream-col 

 marked with chocola 

 radiate from a rich 



cream-colour ; lip ground-colour the same, richly 



ye 

 orange-coloured central rid 



p gr 

 ocolate and yellow streaks and veins, which 



from a rich orange-coloured central ridge or crest ; 



Cidulous, about 1ft. long, many-flowered. Summer, 

 neo. This is a large-growing species, which requires 

 a large pot and the heat of a warm stove to attain perfection. 



C. barbata (bear.led).* fl. snow-white, large; lip trifld, with 

 projecting triangular acute middle lacina, three rows of narrow 

 lamellre on the disk, and a border of cilire ; the lamellae, ciliae, 

 and the top are altogether of a sepia-brown, verging to black, 

 which forms an exceedingly neat contrast to the white colour 

 of the other parts of the flowers ; spikes erect. Assam, 1837. 

 This very beautiful stove species requires a continuous and 

 abundant supply of water while growing. 



C. bifiora (two-flowered). fl. white, brown. Moulmein, 1866. 

 I C. ciliata (ciliated).* fl. yellow and white, with some brown 

 markings. Autumn. A compact-growing species, with light 

 green leaves, and producing bulbs about 4in. high. 



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Pseudo ' bulbs pear-shaped. 



CCELOGYNE (from lotion, hollow, 

 and gyne, female ; in reference to the 

 female organ, or pistil). ORD. Orchidece. 

 Including Pleione. Very handsome stove 

 epiphytal orchids, described as follows: 

 A race of pseudo-bulbous Orchids, con- 

 spicuous for largo coloured membranous 

 flowers, with converging and slightly 

 spreading sepals; petals of like nature, 



FIG. 492. FLOWERS OF CIELOGVNE CORRUGATA 



