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the 3TammilJaHa tribe growing neatly upon tlie irianguJarisj 

 and other species of the cere us. 



Cerophjia elegdns is the only species of any merit: it is 

 a thin-growing climbing plant, producing a great profusion 

 of very curious flowers of a greenish color, spotted with 

 brown ; the interior and tips of the corolla are set with hairs 

 — it is of very easy culture. (Soil No. 7.) 



Carybta. A genus of palms. C tirens is an admired 

 .species, produces flowers in long pendulous spikes, which 

 are succeeded by strings of succulent globular berries. In 

 its native state it produces a sw^eet liquor in large quantities, 

 and no stronger than water. (Soil No. 12.) 



Cart/ojjlnjllus aromdticus is the clove tree of commerce. 

 The whole plant is aromatic, and closely allied to Mijrtus ; 

 the flowers are in loose panicles, the leaves oblong, acumi- 

 nate, entire. It is a fine evergreen. Pots must be well 

 drained. (Soil No. 9.) 



Centradenki rosea. A unique-looking plant, with a fine 

 reddish purple foliage, which in the winter season is pro- 

 fusely covered with delicate rosy pink flowers. The plant 

 is of dwarf habit, and of the easiest culture. Use Soil 

 No. 2. 



Cirheras. About twelve species of strong-growing trees, 

 full of poisonous juice. C. tlievetia is an elegant plant, 

 with acuminate leaves, and large, nodding, yellow, solitary 

 fragrant flowers, proceeding from the axil ] C. aliohai pro- 

 duces a nut which is deadly poison. C. oelciUam, once 0. 

 mchir/Jms, has large star-like flowers, white, shaded with red. 

 They are principally East India plants, and require great 

 heat. (Soil No. 17.) 



Cleroddndrum,. This genus contains some very beautiful 

 and fragrant plants . C. frdgrans flore pUno has a very 

 beautiful head of double white sweet-scented flowers, and 

 docs very well as a green-house plant . C. squamdtum has 

 very showy scarlet flowers. C. speciosissimum, the plant so 

 glaringly figured in some of the English periodicals, is the 

 same as G. squamdtum, a plant which has been grown in 

 this vicinity fifteen or twenty years. (Soil No. 2.) 



Coffea Ardhica. It produces the celebrated coffee, and 

 is a plant universally known in our collections, and of easy 

 culture. The leaves are opposite, oblong, wavy and shin- 



