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in the Cold season, large, cistus-like, sparkling, cream-white 

 flowers, with dark purple-eye. Propagated by division. 



2. T. ulmifolia. Of the same size as the last ; bears its lanceo- 

 late shining leaves crowded on the summit of the stems, above 

 which are borne at all seasons its large dull-yellow flowers ; 

 met with growing out of old walls about Calcutta. 



CISTACE^E. 



Cistus. 



C. ladaniferus. GuM-Cisxus. Neither this handsome shrub of 

 the English gardens, nor any other species of Cistus, exists in 

 India. 



Cochlospermum. 



C. Gossypium. Dr. Koxburgh calls this " a large beautiful 

 tree." The numerous large yellow expanded flowers it produces 

 in March and April, when it is perfectly leafless, are handsome 

 in themselves, but not sufficiently so to compensate at the time 

 for the ugliness of the great bare unsightly stems. 



BRASSICACE^]. 



Cheiranthus. 



C. Cheiri. WALLFLOWER. No Wallflower worthy of notice is 

 ever seen in gardens about Calcutta ; plants raised from country 

 seed produce poor weedy flowers ; those raised from imported 

 seed, and kept over from one Cold season to another, never 

 blossom at all, though in the North- West Provinces they 

 blossom freely enough, some bearing fine double flowers. 



CAPPARIDACEJS. 



Capparis. 



1. C. horrida. An extensively straggling thorny shrub. The 

 young shoots and leaves have a rich, glossy, chestnut-coloured 

 tinge, contrasting beautifully with the numerous large white 

 tassel-formed flowers, borne in February and March. Unsuited 

 for the garden, but might be ornamental used as a hedge, for 

 which it is well adapted, being quite impenetrable. 



