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CHESTNUT, HORSE. See ^sculus. 

 CHINA PINK. SeeDiANTHus. 

 CHINA HOSE. See Hibiscus. 

 CHIOCOCCA, a genus containing a plant 

 of the ornamental flowering shrubby exotic 

 kind for the stove. 



It belongs to the class and order Pcntandria 

 jMonogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Aggregatce. 



"The characters are : that the calyx is a five- 

 toothed, superior, permanent perianthium : 

 the corolla monopetalous, funnel- form : tube 

 long, spreading: border five-parted: divisions 

 equal, acute, reflected : the stamina consist of five 

 filiform filaments, length of the corolla: anthers 

 oblong, erect: the pistillum is an inferior, round- 

 ish, compressed germ : style filiform, length of 

 the stamens : stigma simple, ohtuse : the peri- 

 carpium is aroundish berry, compressed, crowned 

 with the calyx, one-celled : the seeds two, round- 

 ish, compressed, and distant. 



The species chiefly cultivated is C. racemosa, 

 Climbing Snowberry Tree. 



It rises with a climbing, branchy stem, seve- 

 ral feet high, garnished with broad spear-shaped 

 leaves, and flowers in a raceme, succeeded by 

 numerous white berries of a loose texture. 



There is a larger variety with smaller leaves 

 and pale-coloured flowers. 



Culture. — These plants may be raised by 

 layers or cuttings of the young branches, which 

 should be laid down or planted in pots during 

 the summer months ; and when well rooted, be 

 taken off and planted in other pots, or removed 

 into larger ones, a little water being given when 

 the different operations are performed. 



They afford ornament and variety when placed 

 in assemblage with other stove plants. 



CHIONANTHUS,agenus containing a plant 

 of the deciduous flowering shrubby kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Diandric Mo- 

 nogynia, and ranks in the natural order of Se- 

 piarice. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed perianthium ; four-parted, erect, acumi- 

 nate, permanent: the corolla is monopetalous, 

 funnel-form : tube very short, length of the calyx, 

 spreading: border of four divisions, which are 

 linear, erect, acute, oblique, most extremely 

 long : the stamina consist of two very short su- 

 bulate filaments, inserted into the tube: anthers 

 cordate, erect: pistillum is an ovate germ : style 

 simple, length of the calyx: stigma obtuse, 

 trifid : the pericarpium is a one-celled, round 

 drupe: the seed is a striated nut. 



The species cultivated is C. Virginica, Vir- 

 ginia Snowdrop, or Fringe Tree. 



It rises in its native situation with a rough 



stem, about ten feet high : the leaves are as large 

 as those of the laurel, but of a much thinner 

 substance; the flowers come out in May, hang- 

 ing in long bunches, and are of a pure white: 

 hence it is called Snowdrop Tree; and, from 

 the flowers being cut into narrow segments, 

 Fringe Tree. After the flowers have fallen 

 away, the fruit appears, which is a dark-co- 

 loured drupe, about the size of a sloe. It is a 

 native of South Carolina. 



There are varieties, with broader, or ovate- 

 elliptic, and with narrower, or lanceolate leaves. 

 Culture. — The method of propagation in this 

 shrub is either by seed or layers of the young 

 branches: the latter is a tedious method, as the 

 branches do not easily strike root. 



The seed should be procured from America, 

 and sown as soon as it arrives in large pots of 

 fresh loamy earth, half an inch deep, plunging 

 them in a shady border, keeping them free from 

 weeds, and giving occasional waterings, till au- 

 tumn, when they should be moved to a frame, 

 or where they can be occasionally sheltered dur- 

 ing hard frost in winter; and in March plunged 

 into a hot-bed, to bring them up. 



The plants should afterwards be hardened gra- 

 dually to the full air, and occasional shade be 

 given from the mid-day sun at their first appear- 

 ance, and water during summer, being sheltered 

 again in the autumn and winter, when they may 

 be pricked out separately in small pots ; and after 

 managing them in the same way another year or 

 two, te planted out in the full ground. 



The layers should be made from the young 

 twigs of the last summer's growth ; and as they 

 emit roots reluctantly, a slit or twist should be 

 given at the part laid in the earth, watering them 

 well during summer, and in two years some may 

 be rooted, so as to be taken off, and planted 

 out. 



It is a most beautiful ornamental shrub for the 

 plantations of pleasure-grounds, and prospers 

 in any common soil, though it is said to delight 

 most in that of a somewhat moist loamy nature. 

 It should be placed conspicuously, and so as to 

 have the shelter of other shrubs, that there may 

 'be a more plentiful bloom. 



CHIRONIA, a genus comprising plants of 

 the exotic shrubby green-house kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentcmdria 

 Monogyuia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Roiacece. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a five- 

 parted, erect, acute, permanent, one-leafed peri- 

 anthium: leaflets oblong: the corolla monopeta- 

 lous, equal: tube narrower: border five-parted, 

 spreading: divisions ovate, equal: the stamina 

 consist of five broad, short filaments, growing 



