208 THE NURSERY LIST. 



Cherry, concluded. 



requisite is that the cions be completely dormant. They 

 should be cut in winter and stored in an ice-house or a 

 cold cellar. 



Chervil (Chcerophyllum bulbosum and Scandix cerefolium). 

 Umbelliferce . 



Seeds, sown much the same as celery seeds, but the 

 plants are usually allowed to stand where sown. Seed is 

 often sown in autumn. 



Chestnut (Castanea sativa and var. Americana, and C. 

 Japonica). Cupulifercs. 



Chestnut stocks are grown from seed. Difficulty is 

 sometimes experienced in keeping the seeds, as they lose 

 their vitality if dried too hard, and are likely to become 

 moldy if allowed to remain moist. The surest way is to 

 allow the nuts to become well dried off or "seasoned " in 

 the fall, and then stratify them in a box with three or four 

 times as much sand as chestnuts, and bury the box a foot 

 or two deep in a warm soil until spring. They do not 

 always keep well if stored or stratified in a cellar. Fall 

 planting exposes the nuts to squirrels and mice. Ameri- 

 can stocks are better than European, because the latter 

 are tender in the north. 



The stocks are worked by whip-grafting above ground, 

 the wound being well tied and protected by waxed cloth. 

 Care should be taken to have the stock and cion about the 

 same size, in order to secure a good union. Chestnuts 

 can be cleft-grafted like apples and pears ; but in small 

 trees it is preferable to set the grafts below ground, as 

 in grapes. The cions should be cut early, before they 

 begin to swell, and kept perfectly dormant until the stock 

 begins to push into leaf. Only vigorous stocks should be 

 grafted. The best results are obtained when the stocks 

 have recovered from transplanting, or when they are from 

 three to five years old. The working of chestnut stocks 

 is far from satisfactory in a commercial way. The union 

 is imperfect in many varieties, and usually no more than 

 half the grafts take well and live long. In all nut trees, 

 the skill of the operator is more important than the par- 

 ticular method employed. 



Chicory (Cichorium Intybus}. Composites. 



Seeds, sown in spring where the plants are to grow. 

 Division. 



