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scented flowers. They require very little water, only 

 a few times in winter, and about twice a week in sum- 

 mer ; they are all desirable plants. 



Coryphas, (Large fan Palm,) five species of the most 

 noble and magnificent of palms. C. ambraculifera, the 

 fronds or leaves are palmate ; in Ceylon, where the 

 tree is indigenous, they are frequently found fifteen 

 feet wide and twenty feet long. Knox says they will 

 cover from fifteen to twenty men, and when dried will 

 fold up in the shape of a rod, and can be easily carried 

 about, and serve to protect them from the scorching 

 sun. C. taliera, now Tallera bengalensis, being stronger, 

 is of great utility for covering houses. They do not 

 grow to such immense extent in artificial cultivation, 

 but require large houses to grow them. 



Cnnums, about one hundred species, chiefly stove 



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bulbs, many of them beautiful. Those that are of 

 great celebrity are C. cruentum, colour red ; C. scabrum, 

 crimson and white ; C. amdbile, purple and white ; the 

 neck of the bulb of the latter is long and easily distin- 

 guished from its purplish colour, and is considered the 

 finest of the genus. Several specimens of it are in 

 our collections. Their flowers are in umbels, on a 

 stalk from one to three feet high; corolla funnel shaped ; 

 petals recurved. They require large pots to make 

 them flower well, and when growing to be liberally 

 supplied with water. 



Cyrtanthus, a genus of Cape bulbs, containing nine 

 species, and will do very well in the Green-house, but 

 we find the assistance of the Hot-house a great ad- 

 vantage. They are closely allied to Crtnum. The 



