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CHELONE CICHOEIUM. 



wild plants, on the margins of ditches, 

 stony places, etc. Division or seed. 



Chelone Lyoni (Lyoris C.) A very 

 showy perennial, allied to C. obliqua, 

 and differing chiefly by being slightly 

 covered with hairs, with an erect, 

 slightly-branched stem, 3 to 4 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer; purple, 

 in dense terminal spikes. Leaves, 

 stalked, cordate- ovate, serrated, 

 slightly ciliated at the margin. Upper 



Carolina and Georgia. A fine plant 



for borders, in sandy loam. Divi- 

 sion. 



Chelone obliqua (Oblique C.) 

 Another handsome plant, but not so 

 vigorous as C. Lyoni, 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; purple, large, in 

 close terminal spikes. Leaves, stalked, 

 opposite, ovate - lance - shaped, un- 

 equally serrated, very smooth. Banks 

 of rivers and swamps in North 

 America. Similar uses and treat- 

 ment to the preceding. 



Chimaphila maculata (Spotted C.) 

 A dwarf, and handsome, little 

 shrubby evergreen, with leathery, 

 shining leaves pleasingly variegated, 

 3 to 6 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 whitish, on slender red stems, bearing 

 2 or 3 flowers. Leaves, stiff, lance - 

 shaped, 2 to 3 in. long, and 4 in. 

 broad at the base, ending with acute 

 points, the margins rigidly serrate, 

 red on the under side, and beautifully 

 veined with white on the upper one. In 

 shady, sandy, or gravelly woods, from 



Canada to Carolina. Half shady 



and moist nooks, in or near the 

 rock-garden or hardy fernery, in 

 moist, fibry, vegetable earth. Careful 

 division. 



Chimaphila umbellata (Umbellated 

 C.) A dwarf, slightly shrubby ever- 

 green, 3 to 6 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; greenish- white, tinged with 

 red, 5 or 6 in an umbel ; stems pu- 

 bescent. Leaves, opposite, or in whorls, 

 wedge-shaped, or lance shaped, nar- 



row at the base, serrate, shining, stiff, 

 dark green on the upper, and pale 

 green on the under side. Europe, 



Asia, and North America. The 



same positions and treatment as for G. 

 maculata. 



Chrysocoma latifolia (Broad-leaved 

 C.} A vigorous-growing plant, with an 

 angular, furrowed, downy stem, 3 4 ft. 

 high, branching above. Flowers, in 

 autumn ; bright golden-yellow, nu- 

 merous, in large terminal corymbose 

 clusters. Leaves of the stem oval- 

 oblong, pointed, rough, sessile; radical 

 leaves very large, oval-oblong, obtuse, 

 on long, furrowed stalks, which over- 

 lap each other at the base. S. Africa. 



Borders, and naturalization in 



ordinary soil. Division. 



Chrysopsis Mariana (Golden Aster). 

 A showy composite, 6 in. to 1 ft. high. 

 Flowers, late in autumn ; aster-like, of 

 a rich, deep yellow, arranged in a 

 simple corymb. Leaves, sessile, ob- 

 loug-elliptical, the lower ones nearly 

 ovate, obtuse, distantly toothed, co- 

 vered with a loose, somewhat silky 

 down, growing in dense tufts. Found 

 in dry, sandy places in Carolina and 



Georgia in the United States. 



Borders, in sandy loam. Division 

 and seed. 



Cichorium Intybus (Chicory.) A 

 well-known native plant, a good deal 

 used in commerce and as a salad, 2 to 

 5 ft. high. Flowers, in July and 

 August ; numerous, handsome, bright 

 blue, axillary, sessile, 1 to 1 1 in. across, 

 growing in pairs, or three together. 

 Leaves, lower ones oblanceolate, run- 

 cinate, pinnatifid, or dentate ; upper 

 stem-leaves lanceolate, half stem- clasp- 

 ing, broadly toothed or entire, all 

 glandular, ciliated. Britain and va- 

 rious parts of Europe, in waste places, 



on a gravelly or chalky soil. Is 



worth introducing as a wild plant in 

 districts where it is not found native. 

 Division and seed. 



