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some years ago as a bold sub-tropical foliage plant, the flowers 

 bearing but a small proportion to the mass of leaves. Under re- 

 cent careful cultivation Cannas have made wonderful advances 

 and become really attractive as floral objects, some of the newer 

 varieties have branching flower stems the flowers themselves 

 broad petalled and bright coloured, twice the ordinary size and 

 habit. The seed to germinate must be sown in great heat with 

 moisture, the plants are easily and quickly multiplied by division 

 of the roots; the finest kinds for size and colour of flowers are 

 Bihorelli, Premicede Nice, Glauca Magnifica, Peruviana ; for deep 

 chocolate crimson and striped foliage, Atro Nigricaus, War- 

 cywicksi, Zebrina, Muscefolio, Sanguinea and tricolor. 



Canterbury Bell, vide Campanula Cape Jessamine, vide Garde- 

 nitty Castilleja, Scrophulariacece. An ornamental genus of plants 

 growing freely in a good light soil, and may be raised either by 

 seed or by dividing the roots. 



Cantanauche, Compositce. This is a pretty order of small plants, 

 colours yellow, white and blue, succeed well in common soil and 

 may be increased by seed or by dividing the roots. 



Celsia, Scrophulariacece. This is a genus of ornamental plants 

 growing from two to six feet high, colours yellow and orange, the 

 Coromandeliana a native of India, raised from seed in any 

 garden soil.. 



Centaurea Compositce, C. Atropurpurea. The sweet sultan. 

 The various species of this beautiful and elegant genus are easily 

 grown from seed in any light loamy soil, they are of various 

 heights from twelve inches to five feet, the seed may be sown in 

 pots or small beds at the close of the rains, then transplanted 

 and they will blossom during the cold weather. The flowers are 

 fragrant and of different shades of colour, purple, blue, yellow, 

 white, red, brown, &c. 



Centranthus Ruber, Valerianacece, Hind, Jallukree* This is an 

 ornamental annual, generally grown from European seed, the 

 colours of the different species are red, blue and white, and 

 thrives in any good garden soil. 



The valerian grows wild in some of the upper parts of Bengal, 



