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Carnation Daisy is twice the size of the common varieties, 

 and has white and red petals alternately and very double. 

 The Belgian varieties are very numerous, but few of them are 

 equal to our old sorts. Loamy soil, inclined to moisture, is 

 best adapted to their growth. 



Campanula. This genus affords very many ornamental 

 plants for the Flower-garden and Shrubbery, and they flower 

 superbly during the summer, agreeing better with our climate 

 than with that of Europe. Many have two successions of 

 flowers, C. persicifblta alba plena ; G. pf.rsicifbf.ia c&rklea 

 pleno; C. urticifblia, white. Of this last there is also a 

 double variety. C. noli! is, large pale lilac, spotted with crim- 

 son; C. nobilis alba, white, spotted with crimson; C. grand is, 

 fine bright blue. C. spccibsa; C. glomerata ; C. versicolor, 

 with several others, are worthy of a situation in every garden. 

 Their roots are strong, fleshy, and fibrous. They are easy of 

 culture, and will retain their situation in the severest of our 

 winters. C. grand fflbra is now Wahlinbergia grandiflbra. 

 It has superb large blue flowers, stems are slender, and require 

 support. 



Cheirdnthus Cheiri vufgaris is the common garden Wall- 

 flower. There are about ten varieties of it, all admired for 

 their various colours and agreeable odour. The common 

 variety survives the mildest of our winters. The most 

 esteemed variety is ha'mdnthus, Double bloody. They should 

 all be protected by a frame. C. mutdbilis is a beautiful species; 

 it has many shades of colour, from lilac to dark purple. The 

 flowers are on extending racemose spikes, blooming from April 

 to June; it requires a light rich soil; is a half-shrubby ever- 

 green plant. 



Chelone. This genus belongs entirely to this continent, 

 and possesses many fine species. It is a matter of astonish- 

 ment that they are not more cultivated and sought for in our 

 collections. C. gldbra; C. obliqua; C. barbdta; C. at.ro- 

 purpurea ; C.pulchella; and C. specibsa; are all handsome, 

 and flower from May to September; corolla large, ringent, 

 ventricose; flowers in spikes or panicles. 



Chrysanthemums. The Chinese Chrysanthemum was first 

 introduced to the garden of the King of France about sixty 

 years ago, and shortly after about ten varieties were sent from 

 Canton to England, a gardener having been sent out expressly 

 for them, so much were they admired by Sir Abraham Huma 



