130 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Coriandrum sativum, Linne. 



Orient and Middle Asia. An annual or biennial herb, its fruits 

 much in use for condiments. The essential oil peculiar. Ripens 

 seeds in Norway to lat 68 40' [Schuebeler]. The seeds will keep 

 for several years ; 20 Ibs. are sufficient for one acre, returning 

 10-14 cwt. [G. Don]. 



Cornus florida, Linne. 



The Dog-wood of Eastern North- America. A showy tree, some- 

 times 30 feet high. The wood in great demand for shuttles, 

 handles, harrow-teeth, horse-collars and sledge-runners. The root- 

 bark is of therapeutic value. The tree is hardy still at Christiania 

 [Schuebeler]. 



Cornus mas, Linne. 



Europe, also Asia quite to Japan. This deciduous shrub or small 

 tree is deserving of attention, as from the fruits a very palatable 

 preserve can be prepared [Freyn]. It answers also for hedge- 

 growth. 



Cornus Nuttalli, Audubon. 



North -Western America. This is the largest of the genus, 

 attaining a height of 80 feet, with a stem 2 feet in diameter. One 

 of the most showy of Californian forest-trees. The wood is hard 

 and close-grained, similar to that of Cornus florida. The natives 

 use the small twigs for making baskets [Gibbons]. In the 

 spring the white inflorescence is visible for miles ; in autumn 

 again the scarlet fruit-coloration becomes an ornament to the 

 landscape [Prof. Bolander]. 



Cortinarius oinnamomeus, Fries. 



Europe and Asia. This mushroom, together with C. violaceus 

 (Fries), is mentioned among numerous congeners by Drs. Badham 

 and Cooke as particularly eligible for the table. Dr. Planchon 

 recommends also C. turbinatus (Fries). 



Corylus Americana, Walter. 



Eastern North- America. Not tall ; easily naturalized by 

 dissemination, but fruit small and hard-shelled [A. Gray]. 



Corylus Avellana, Linne.* 



Europe, Northern Africa, Northern and Middle Asia. The 

 ordinary Hazel, so well-known for its filberts or cob-nuts, one 

 variety yielding the Barcelona-nut. A tree attaining a height of 

 30 feet ; wood elastic, particularly valuable for gunpowder-coal, 

 young shoots serving for hoops and walking sticks. The earliest 

 flowering tree in northern countries. London's account also of this 

 tree is extensive and excellent. Chambers says, that generally 



