478 CANNABIS SATIVA. THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CARDAMINE. 



Francisque Morel, and Antoine Chantin, 

 and there are many others. 



CANNABIS SATIVA (Hemp Plant}. 

 A vigorous annual being largely culti- 

 vated for its fibre. In our country it is 4 

 to 10 ft. high, but in Italy sometimes 20 

 ft. high. In plants growing singly, the 

 stem is much branched, but in masses is 



Cannabis saliva (Hemp Plant). 



generally simple. It is useful where the 

 tender sub-tropical plants cannot be easily 

 grown, well-grown plants looking graceful. 

 It should be sown in the open ground 

 early in April : to get larger plants it 

 is best to raise it in frames. It loves a 

 warm sandy loam, and is one of the 



few plants that thrive in small London 

 gardens. 



CARAGANA (Siberian Pea-tree). 

 A curious group of wiry bushes of the 

 Pea order which, as seen in gardens 

 generally, are not pretty, but as the 

 name occurs so often, and the wretched 

 appearance they usually present may be 

 in part owing to their being grafted, I 

 give them a place. They are mostly rock 

 or desert shrubs of arid regions in Central 

 Asia, and the species are C. arborescens 

 and its varieties, C. aurantiaca which is 

 the prettiest, and would, perhaps, be a 

 graceful rock shrub, C. chamlagu, C. 



Caragana Chamlagu. 



jubata, C. microphylla, C. pygmaa, and 

 C. spinosa. If we could get these curious 

 shrubs on their own roots the best place 

 for them would be the rock garden or dry 

 banks. 



G&KEE$IA(Blessed Thistle}. C.bene- 

 dicta is a handsome biennial, having bold, 

 deep-green leaves, blotched and marbled 

 with silvery white. It is useful for asso- 

 ciating with plants of fine foliage. It 

 grows freely in a thin shrubbery, or on 

 banks of rubbish. S. Europe. Syn. Cnicus 

 benedictus. 



CARDAMINE ( Cttckoo-floiver or Lady's 

 Smock). Plants of the Wallflower Order, 

 few of which are cultivated, the best being 

 the native Cuckoo-flower in its double 

 form. This will grow well almost any- 

 where, although, like the wild plant, that 

 colours the meadows with its soft-hued 

 flowers, it delights in swampy ground. 

 The single kind is too common to need 

 cultivation ; the double kind is a pretty 

 subject for the spring garden and for 

 borders. Division. C. trifolia is a pretty 

 species, with white flowers, from Switzer- 

 land ; 9 to 12 in. high ; a border or rough 

 rock-plant. C. latifolia, C. asarifolia, and 

 C. rotundifolia are pretty dwarf plants 

 when in flower, but not popular in 

 gardens. 



