64 Encyclopaedia of Gardening 



May Day, pink 

 Mrs. Burnett, salmon 

 Winsor, soft rose 

 White Enchantress 



Yellow Ground Carnations and 



Brodick 

 Childe Harold 



Picotees. 



, Gertrude 

 Garden Pinks. \ Gronow 



Anne Boleyn, purple Hidalgo 



Ascot, pink 



Ernest Ladhams, blush 



Mrs. Sinkins, white 



Lucy Glitters 

 Rabelais 

 The Pilgrim 



Carnations from Seed. 

 Double Border, mixed colours. 



"Grenadin, a type growing about a foot high, scarlet flowers. 

 Marguerite, a mixed type, single and double, flowering the same 



year if sown in a warm place in late winter. 

 Perpetual Prize or Self, saved from exhibition varieties. 



Carpenteria californica (carpenter-ia, after Professor Carpenter. 

 Ord. Saxifrageae). A beautiful evergreen shrub, which produces 

 large, white, fragrant flowers in June. It may be grown out of doors 

 in northern climes if it can be given the shelter of a wall, otherwise 

 it must be kept in a greenhouse. It is well worth planting out in a 

 large conservatory. It is not particular as to soil, and may be 

 propagated by cuttings. A plate will be found in the Botanical 

 Magazine, t. 6911. 



Carpinus, Hornbeam (carpi-nus, from car, wood (Celtic), and pix, 

 head; the wood was used to make yokes. Ord. Cupuliferae). 

 The Hornbeam, C. Betulus, of which there are several varieties, is 

 used as a hedge plant, particularly by nurserymen, who find its fast 

 growth, and habit of holding its leaves, useful for getting divisional 

 shelters quickly. It thrives in most soils, and is easily increased by 

 seeds, suckers, or layers. 



Carpocapsa pomonella (carpocap-sa) , the Codlin Moth. See Fruit. 

 Carrot, Daucus (daii-cus) carota. See Kitchen Garden. 



Cassandra (cassan-dra, mythological. Ord. Ericaceae). Allied to 

 Andromeda. The shrubs often called Andromeda angustifolia and 

 H. calyculata are now classed as Cassandras, the former being con- 

 sidered a variety of the latter. They are North American shrubs, 

 growing about 2 ft. high, and producing white flowers in spring. 

 They like a peaty soil. 



Cassia (cass-ia, from kasian. Ord. Leguminosae). The best- 

 known species is corymbosa, which produces yellow flowers in early 

 summer. It is an evergreen shrub about 3 ft. high, and requiring a 

 warm greenhouse or conservatory (see the Botanical Magazine, 

 t. 633). Loam, with a third of leaf mould and some sand, suits. 

 Propagation is by seeds or cuttings in spring. There are many 

 other species, and some yield the senna of commerce. 



Castanea, Chestnut (casta-nea, from the Thessalian town. Ord. 

 Cupuliferae). The Horse Chestnut is one of our most beautiful trees 



