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cream, and eaten with salt fish. In 

 keeping them dryness is necessary ; but it 

 must be accompanied with as low a tem- 

 perature as possible. They should be 

 taken out of their exterior or rough coat- 

 ing as soon as ripe ; and it is well to 

 subject them to an artificial heat of about 

 sixty to seventy degrees in a warm room 

 for a couple of days afterwards. They 

 may then be packed away in dry sand, 

 or dust, and placed in a very cold but 

 dry room or cellar, where they will keep 

 for months. They are very excitable as 

 to sprouting ; a very little moisture, with 

 warmth, will bring on germination. 



CASTANOSPE'KMUM. Morton Bay Chest- 

 nut. (From castanea, the chestnut, and 

 sperma, a seed. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 10-Decandria 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Sophora.) 



Greenhouse evergreen ; seeds when procurable ; 

 layers and cuttings ; deep, loamy soil ; greenhouse 

 or conservative wall. 



C. austra'le (southern). 40. Saffron. N. Hol- 

 land. 1828. 



CASTE'LEA. (After an author named 

 Castcl. Nat. ord., Ochnads [Ochnaceae]. 

 Linn., 8-Octandria l.-Monogynia. Allied 

 to Elvasia.) 



The Goatbust, C. Nicholso'ni, is as bitter as 

 Quassia. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of 

 rather firm shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, and 

 in bottom-heat ; peat and loam. Summer temp., 

 CO to 85; winter, 50 to 55. 

 C. ere'cta (upright). 4. W. Ind. 1821. 



Nic/iolso'ni (Nicholson's). 4. Copper. An- 



tigua. 1830. 



CASTILLE'JA. (Named after a Spanish 

 botanist of that name. Nat. ord., Fig- 

 worts [Schrophulariaceffi]. Linn., 14- 

 JDidynamia 2-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Euphrasia). 



The stove species by cuttings of half-ripe shoots 

 in sand, in bottom-heat, under a glass ; loam and 

 peat. Summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 50 to 

 55. Hardy species, seeds and divisions of the 

 roots ; peaty, sandy soil. 



C. integrifo'lia (whole-leaved). 1. S. Amer. 

 1825. Stove evergreen. 



lithospermoi'des (gromwell-like). Scarlet. 



August. Mexico. 1848. Greenhouse. 



Moranefnsis (Moran). Mexico. 1825. Pros- 



trate stove evergreen. 



pa'llida (pale). 1. Light purple. July. 



Siberia. 1782. Hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennial. 



ieptentriona'lis (northern). 2. White, green. 



August. Labrador. 1824. Hardy annual. 



serra'ta (saw-edged). 1. Blue. June. 182Q. 



Stove evergreen. 



CASUAEI'NA. Beefwood. (Supposed 

 to be derived from the resemblance of 

 the long, weeping, leafless branches to 



the drooping feathers of the Cassowary. 

 Nat. ord., Bet-fwoods [Casuarinacese]. 

 Linn., 2l-Monoecia \-Monandria.} 



This is the " Native Oak, or Beefwood " of the 

 Australian colonists, and probably the most sin- 

 gularly picturesque tree of the Australian flora. 

 Large trees, with weeping branches, the indi- 

 vidual branches being jointed like a bamboo, and 

 streaked between the joints, having no leaves. 

 The timber is as good as our Oak, and of the 

 colour of raw beef, whence the colonial name. 

 Cattle are extremely fond of the young branches 

 of the She Oak (C. quadriva'lvis), and the colo- 

 nists chew them to allay their thirst. From what 

 we know in this country of C. equisetifo'lia we 

 would rank the Beefwoods as the most remarkable 

 in a winter conservatory. Greenhouse evergreen 

 trees. Seeds, and cuttings of half-ripened shoots, 

 in April, in sand, under a bell-glass ; loam and 

 peat, with a portion of sand, and lumps of char- 

 coal. Summer temp., 55 to 70; winter, 40 to 

 45. They should be tried in sheltered places out 

 of doors, especially in the south of England. 

 C. di'styla (two-styled). 15. N.Holland. 1812. 



equisetifo'lia (equisetum-leaved). 15. Sep- 



tember. South Sea Islands. 17/6. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 15. N: Holland. 1824. 



murica'ta (point-covered). 15. E. Ind. 1822. 



nodiflo'ra (knot-flowered). 15. New Cale- 



donia. 1823. 



quadriva'lvis (four-valved). 18. N. S. Wales. 



1812. 



stri'cta (upright). 15. May. N.S.Wales. 17/5. 



tenui'ssima (slenderest). 10. N. Holland. 1825. 



torulo'sa (twisted). 15. N. S. Wales. 17/2. 



CATA'LPA. (The Indian name. Nat. 

 ord., Bignoniads [Bignoniacea?]. Linn., 

 2-Diandria 1-Monogynia.) 



The North American species by seeds sown in 

 spring, root-cuttings, layers in autumn, and 

 cuttings of the ripened shoots in autumn ; deep, 

 rich loam. The West Indian species by cuttings 

 of the ripe shoots in heat, and under a glass ; 

 usual stove-treatment. 



C. longi'ssima (longest-podded'). 20. White. 

 W. Ind. 1/77. 



microphy'ila (small-leaved). 15. White. 



Hispaniola. 1820. 



syringtefo' lia (syringa-leaved). 29. White. 



July. N. Amer. 1726. 



CATANA'KCHE. (From katanangfce, a 

 strong incentive ; in reference to an an- 

 cient custom among the Greek women 

 of using it in love-potions. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteraceae], Linn., IQ-Syn- 

 genesia l-^Equalis.) 



Division of the roots in March, and need sown 

 in April ; common soil. 



C. caru'lea (sky-blue). 3. Blue. August. South 

 Europe. 15Q6. Hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennial. 



bi'color (two-coloured). 3. White, blue. 



August. Gardens. 1827. 



lu'tea (yellow). 1. Yellow. June. Candia. 



Ib40. Hardy annual. 



CATASE'TUM. (From kata, downward, 

 and seta, a bristle ; referring to the posi- 

 tion of the two horns of the column. 



