is the 

 ih re- 



iirhed, the 



'J98 CHICORY 



of small, blanched leaves. Witloof is a more solid 

 head. The pink, red and curled varieties make a very 

 pretty appearance, and if well grown and served fresh 

 are delicious, there being only a slightly bitter flavor. 

 The method of growing is the same as for endive. 



For Barbe and Witloof, well grown roots are dug in 

 October, trimmed of unnecessary roots and of all but an 

 inch of top. For Barbe, the roots are laid horizontally 

 in tiers in moist earth, the whole forming a sloping heap, 

 the crowns of the roots protruding ar ' ' 

 darkness is essential, a warm \r_v 

 usual place selected to grow tln- 

 quires 3 or 4 weeks to prodiir. 

 These are cut when about 6 indn-^ i^n 

 boiled like kale or cut up like slaw, 

 roots wUl continue to produce for some time. The most 

 rapid way to produce Witloof is to plunge the roots 

 (shortened to 5 inches) in spent tan bark, or such ma- 

 terial, and cover with 2 ff-et or morp of manure, the 

 space under a LrrfrnlnMi^r h. im*1i L.-inM- used. In about 

 2 weeks, head^ i-,-. mMiii- ,■>.. li i tii. ,■ may be dug up, 

 boiled like Bni^-. U ,,,, ..m - , ,,,■ ~. t,..| :,s salad. If the 

 roots be left in phi... [.iMt,,!,,! ir,.iii the light, but un- 

 covered, a crop of leaves rf'seml)ling Barbe may be gath- 

 ered. Sowing and other cultural management is the same 

 as for other garden roots, as beets and carrots. It is a 

 pity that these vegetables are so little known in this 

 country. 



Chicory has run wild along roadsides and in dry fields 

 in many parts of the country, and is considered to be a 

 bad weed. However, the handsome sky-blue flowers 

 (Fig. 436), which open only in sunshine, are very at- 

 tractive. M. G. Kains. 



CHtLDSIA WfiECKLEI. See Sidahjoa. 



CHILIANTHUS {a thousand flowers). LoganiAcece. 

 Four or 5 South African trees or shrubs, very closely 

 allied to Buddleia, from which it differs in having sta- 

 mens exserted from the short tube: Ivs. opposite, entire 

 or dentate: fls.vcry numerous, in dense, terminal cymes 

 or panicles, rnkuown to the Amer. trade. The plants 

 known as BuddUia sulivifuliit , -Jacq., and B, saiigna, 

 Willd.,are Chiliaitthii.': nrboniis, Benth. (which is prob- 

 ably identical with C. oleuceus, Burch.). 



CHIL6PSIS (ttreek, lip -like). Bignonidcew. One 

 shruli or h'w tree, C, saligTia, Don (known also as C. 

 lini'i'iri.- I" ! ■■:■,, v.ri III 'hv districts from S. Texas to 

 Calif...' M I I "in-row-lanceolate or linear 



Ivs., it I ' I' I U . I liiw; also called Flowering 



WilliiwiiiMl 'iliiiiiii. Ii i^ ; iitinuous-blooming plant, 



valuable Jnr our t-xtrrme southern districts. It grows 

 from 10 to 20 ft., bearing slender branches, opposite or 

 verticillate lower Ivs., and handsome, Bignonia-like fls. 

 in a short, terminal raceme. The corolla is 1-2 in. long, 

 5-lobed and crimped, the tube and throat lilac, and two 

 yellow stripes inside. Anthers 4 ; rudiment of a fifth 

 stamen. L. h. B. 



CHIMAPHILA (Greek, 



friend; green in 

 If shrubby or her- 

 baceous, with creeping stem : Ivs. evergreen, serrate, in 

 irregular whorls: tls. nodding, forming a terminal, few- 

 fld. umbel, on a long, naked peduncle; petals 5, spread- 

 ing; stamens 10: fr. a dehiscent, 5-celled capsule. Four 

 species in N. America, Europe, and N. Asia to Japan; 

 formerly united with Pyrola. ' 

 with pretty white or reildisli Ih 

 , light 





3vergreen plants. 

 They grow 

 best in a light. Mimh -.il. mi .nl with peat or leaf -mold, 



and prefer a hill I i Prop, by division of the 



creeping root ^lii i : i » ild borders. 



umbell&ta, Nm; " ,- ' .sn, Pursh). Five-S in.: 



Ivs. .S-6 in a whorl, sliort-petiuled, cuneate-lanceolate, 

 sharply serrate, dark green and shining above, 1-2 in. 

 long: fls.4-7, white or reddish, M-%in. wide. N. Amer., 

 from Canada to Mexico, Europe, Japan. B.M.778. L.B.C. 

 5:463. Mn. 7:161. 



macuUta, Pursh. Fig. 437. Lower and less branched 

 than the foregoing : Ivs. usually in 3's, ovate or oblong- 

 lanceolate, sparsely and sharply serrate, variegated with 



CHIOCOCCA 



white along the nerves, 1-2 in. long: fls. 2-5, white, %m. 

 wide. From Canada to Georgia and Mississippi. B.M. 

 897. Mn. 9:1. 



Alfred Rehoeb. 



CHIMONANTHUS is Calycanthus. 

 CHINESE LANTERN PLANT. See Physalis. 

 CHINESE SACRED LILY. Consult A'arcissus. 



CHIOCCCCA. Bubidcece. Snowberry (which the 

 name means in Greek). Shrubs, mostly climbing, of 

 tropical Amer., and one in extreme S. Fla. Fls. in axil- 

 lary panicles, the corolla funnel-form and 5-parted ; sta- 

 mens 5, inserted on the base of the corolla, the filaments 

 cohering at base; styh> lilifonn, ihc stigma club-shaped: 

 ovary 2-3-loculed. Iinoniini.' :i >inall, globular drupe. 

 C. raoemdsa, Linn., lit ihi i.l.inin Keys and S., is some- 

 times cult, in hothousLs fur it.s panicles of yellowish 



