LIST OF PLANTS 107 
ripe and stratified for a year (as described in the article 
on ‘‘ Stratification”’) before sowing. The choice kinds 
which cannot be relied on to come true from seed are 
budded or grafted on stocks of the Common Hawthorn. 
Cress, GarDEN.—In winter and early spring sow 
seed on the surface of boxes filled with ordinary sifted 
soil made level and watered, but do not cover the seed. 
Cover the box with a pane of glass. This Cress will 
grow outdoors in summer. 
Watercress is best grown in shallow running water 
that does not become frozen. Young shoots planted in 
gravelly soil soon become established, and the more 
the tops are cut in reason the more they branch and 
grow. 
CrinumM.—Seed will grow readily if sown singly in 
small pots as soon as ripe, but a long time must elapse 
before flowers are produced. Offsets planted in 
moderately rich soil come earlier to perfection. 
Crocus.—These are mostly increased by offsets from 
the old corms. Seedlings raised from seed sown in a 
cold frame and afterwards planted out may be expected 
to blossom in three or four years. 
Croton (Codiwum).—These excellent, fine-foliaged 
stove plants, when only required in moderate numbers, 
do best when nice coloured tops taken off leading shoots 
and side-growths are made into cuttings, planted singly 
in small pots of sandy compost, and placed in strong, 
moist heat in a propagating-case or under bell-glasses. 
CucuMBER.—For winter use sow the seed in Sep- 
tember; for spring and early summer, in January and 
February; those for outdoor culture, in April, to plant 
out at end of May or early in June. Cuttings root 
readily with bottom heat and a close, warm atmosphere, 
