564 GARDEN PLANTS. TART II. 



hue of its foliage ; continues in blossom all the Cold weather, 

 when a clump of it looks remarkably beautiful with its heads of 

 densely crowded, small, milk-white flowers, which, in the heat 

 of the day, diffuse a most delicious fragrance for some distance 

 around. Easily propagated by division of roots. 



Crossostephium. 



C. artemisioides. A curious dwarf shrub, remarkable for the 

 strong vitriolic odour of its small whitish-green leaves ; affords, on 

 account of its very peculiar foliage, a pleasing variety among 

 other pot-plants ; bears a profusion of clumps of small, dingy- 

 yellow flowers. Propagated by seed, which it bears abundantly. 



Cineraria. 



It is utterly vain to attempt to cultivate the choice florists'- 

 plants of this genus in the plains, otherwise than as annuals in 

 the Cold season. Young plants may be raised from seed in 

 October, some of which will perhaps come into blossom, though 

 never very satisfadwily, just as the Hot weather commences, 

 after which time all are sure to perish. 



Cacalia. 



1. C. carnosa. An herbaceous plant, a common weed in some 

 parts of India, with fleshy leaves of a pallid-green hue ; flowers 

 greenish-white, of no merit whatever. 



2. C. hieraceoides. An herbaceous plant; bears flowers not 

 unlike those of the Sow-thistle, and not at all more interesting. 



COMBEETACE^]. 



Poivrea. 



1. P. coccinea. A large climbing shrub with very slender 

 stems ; requires the support of a trellis ; almost constantly in 

 blossom with a profusion of small, bright crimson flowers, borne 

 in large compact brush-like bunches, beautifully relieved against 

 the bright, cheerful, glossy green of the foliage. One of the 

 handsomest and most prized ornaments of our Indian gardens. 



