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Cereus, Cactacece. Night blowing Cereus, Cereus Grandiflorns, 

 white and yellow. From Cereus signifying pliant like wax refer- 

 ring to the shoots of some of the species being pliant. Many of th o 

 species produce the most beautiful flowers, the stems are angled 

 and jointed, the blossoms open in the evening or during the 

 night, and die away towards the morning, they are all creepers. 



Cereus Triangular is. A creeping plant with triangular stems, 

 sends out roots at the joints which adhere to walls or any sup- 

 port near. The flowers are large of a yellowish white colour with 

 yellow Anthers. It should, if grown in the garden, have a strong 

 trellis work to support it. 



Cereus Truncatus. This species produces flowers during the 

 cold season, which are of a rose colour ; it is indigenous to the 

 Brazils, the whole of the genus seem to thrive in any tolerable 

 soil, without much watering, young plants may be obtained by 

 separating the branches at the joints, but then they require to 

 be watered daily until the roots have struck. 



Chamomile. Vide Anthemis. 



Cheiranthus Cheiri, Cruciferce, Wall Flower, named from Cheir, 

 the hand, Anthos, a /lower. This flower derives its name from the 

 circumstance of its growing wild on old walls and ruins in Eng- 

 land. It is of a light yellow colour, but, when cultivated in gar- 

 dens, assumes a much richer and darker tint, mixed with brown. 

 The double variety of a yellow colour, and striped with deep 

 orange, is seldom known to blossom here. The name Gitly 

 Flower is given to the stock and a species of pink carnation, these 

 being the only flowers formerly cultivated by dames in their 

 baronial Castles. Is propagated by seed, during and after the 

 rains : space of a foot and a half must be allowed each plant if 

 in beds as it grows nearly two feet high. 



Chelone, Scrophulariacece. From Chelone a tortoise, to the back 

 of which the helmet of the flowers is fancifully compared, the 

 flowers are scarlet orange, white and purple, the species thrive in 

 any good garden soil and may be increased by dividing the roots. 



Chorozema, Leguminosce, C. Spectalillis. This plant was first 

 found in the west coast of New Holland by Labillardiere, some 



