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CHICORY 



CHIOCOCCA 



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 an inch or so. Since 

 darkness is essential, a warm vegetable cellar is the 

 usual place selected to grow this vegetable, which re- 

 quires 3 or 4 weeks to produce its fine white leaves. 

 These are cut when about 6 inches long, eaten as a salad, 

 boiled like kale or cut up like slaw. If undisturbed, the 

 roots will 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 feet or more of manure, the 

 space under a greenhouse bench being used. In about 

 2 weeks, heads resembling cos lettuce may be dug up, 

 boiled like Brussels sprouts, or served as salad. If the 

 roots be left in place, protected from the light, but un- 

 covered, a crop of leaves resembling 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. 



CHlLDSIA WEBCKLEI, See ffidalgoa. 



CHILlANTHUS (a thousand flowers). Loganiacece. 

 Pour 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.very numerous, in dense, terminal cymes 

 or panicles. Unknown to the Amer. trade. The plants 

 known as Buddleia salicifolia, Jacq., and B. saligna, 

 Willd., are Chilianthiis arboreus, Benth. (which is prob- 

 ably identical with C. oleaceus, Burch.). 



CHILOPSIS (Greek, lip -like). Bignoniacece. One 

 shrub or low tree, C. saligna, Don (known also as G. 

 linedris, DC.), growing in dry districts from S. Texas to 

 Calif., and in Mex. From its narrow-lanceolate or linear 

 Ivs., it is known as Desert Willow; also called Flowering 

 Willow and Mimbres. It is a continuous-blooming plant, 

 valuable for our extreme 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. 



CHIMAFHILA (Greek, winter and friend; green in 

 winter). JSricacece. PIPSISSEWA. Half shrubby or her- 

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

 irregular whorls: fls. 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. Low, evergreen plants, 

 with pretty white or reddish fls. in summer. They grow 

 best in a light, sandy soil, mixed with peat or leaf -mold, 

 and prefer a half-shady position. Prop, by division of the 

 creeping rootstock. Useful in wild borders. 



umbell&ta, Nutt. (C. corymbdsa, Pursh). Five-8 in.: 

 Ivs. 3-6 in a whorl, short-petioled, cuneate-lanceolate, 

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

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

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

 5:463. Mn.7:161. 



maculata, 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 



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

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



897 ' Mn ' 9:L ALFRED REHDER. 



CHIMONANTHUS is Cahjcanthus. 



CHINESE LANTEEN PLANT. See Physalis. 

 CHINESE SACKED LILY. Consult Narcissus. 



437. Chimaphila maculata. 

 Natural size. 



CHIOCOCCA. Rubiacew. SNOWBERBY (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 ; style filiform, the stigma club-shaped : 

 ovary 2-3-loculed, becoming a small, globular drupe. 

 C. racemosa, Linn., of the Florida Keys and S., is some- 

 times cult, in hothouses for its panicles of yellowish 



