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C. Chile'nsis (Chilian). 1. July. 1827. Annual. 



cilia'ta (hair-fringed). 2. July. 1822. 



lineu'ris (narrow- leaved). Yellow. July. 1837. 



Annual. 



scrra'ta (saw--/eawed). . Yellow. July. 1827. 



tenuifo'lia (fine - leaved). Yellow. July. 



1827. 



CRETO'CALYX. (From chaite, a bristle, 

 and /calyx, a flower-envelope ; in reference 

 to the calyx being furnished with bristles. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. 

 Linn., \l-Diadelphia k-Decandria. Allied 

 to Hedysarum.) 



Stove evergreen twiner. Cuttings of ripe shoots 

 in heat. Peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 85; winter, 45 to 55. 



. Vincenti'na (St. Vincent's). 6. Yellow. June. 

 St. Vincent. 1823. 



CH^TOGA'STEA. (From chaite, a bristle, 

 and gastron, a cavity; referring to the 

 cavities between the apex of the ovary 

 and the bottom of the calyx being fur- 

 nished with hairy scales. Nat. ord., Mc- 

 lastomads [Melastomacese]. Linn., 10- 

 Decandria \-Monogynia. Allied to Os- 

 beckia.) 



Seeds in hotbed, in March ; and cuttings in 

 ;uidy soil, in heat. Peat and loam. Summer 

 temp., 50 to 80 ; winter, 45 to 55. 

 C. gra'cilis (slender). 1. Red, lilac. Brazil. 1834. 

 Stove perennial. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-Zeawed). 1. White. 



January. Trinidad. 1820. Stove annual. 



strigo'sn (short-bristled). . Rosy-purple. 



August. W. Ind. 1848. Greenhouse 

 evergreen. 



CHAFF-FLOWER. Alternanthe'ra acliy- 

 ra'ntha. 



CHALK. Carbonate of lime contains, 

 when pure, carbonic acid, 45 ; lime, 55 ; 

 but, as it usually occurs, it contains about 

 twenty-four per cent, of water, and five 

 per cent, of silica (flint), alumina (clay), 

 and oxide (rust) of iron. After these 

 deductions, it will be apparent, that if 

 fifty tons of lime be applied to land, it 

 will be equal to more than one hundred 

 of chalk a subject worthy of considera- 

 tion, when it has to be conveyed from 

 afar. _Chalkis usually employed in large 

 quantities, to improve the staple of a soil. 

 It makes heavy soils less retentive of 

 moisture, and light, sandy soils more re- 

 tentive. On wet, sour lands it neutralizes 

 the acids which render them unproduc- 

 tive. Some chalks contain phosphate of 

 lime ; and this being a constituent of all 

 plants, such chalk is to be preferred. 

 Some contain a large proportion of car- 

 bonate of magnesia, which is less bene- 

 ficial. Chalk has also been shown, by 

 Mr. Beaton, to be of great value in form- 



ing the best of walks. See CONCRETE 

 WALKS. 



CHAM.ZECY'PARIS. White Cedars. (From 

 chamai, ground, meaning dwarf, and cu- 

 2iressus, cypress; the Cypress-dwarf, or 

 Bastard Cypress. Nat. ord., Conifers [Pi- 

 nacese]. Linn., %1-Moncecia 10-Decan- 

 dria. Allied to Taxodium and Cypress.) 



Hardy evergreens. Seeds. Deep, sandy soil. 

 C. Nutkae'nsls (Nootka Sound). 70. N. Amer. 



obtu'sa (blunt\ 80. Japan. 



pisi'fera (pea-bearing). A small tree. Island 



of Niphon. 



spheeroi'dea (globe-coned). A small tree. N. 



Amer. 



squarro'sa (spreading). A bush. Japan. 



thuri'fera (frankincense). 70. Mexico. 



CHAILEDO'KEA. (From chamai, dwarf, 

 and dorea, a gift; referring to the nuts 

 of this palm being easily reached. Nat. 

 ord., Palms [Palmacese]. Linn., 22-Di- 

 cecia Q-Hexandria. Allied to Areca.) 



Stove deciduous trees. Seeds, when obtainable ; 

 freely, by suckers from the roots. Rich, sandy 

 loam". Summer temp., 60 to 80: winter, 50 

 to 60. 



C. e'legansmas (elegant male). 3$. Scarlet. 

 February. Mexico. 



Erne'sti Augu'stimas (Ernest Augustus's 



male). Orange. New Grenada. 

 fr a' grans (sweet-scented). 8. White. Tri- 

 nidad. 1820. 



gra'cilis (slender). 10. White, green. Ca- 



raccas. 1803. 



CHAMJEFI'STULA. Same as CA'SSIA. 



CHAMJELAU'CIUM. (From chamaileuke, 

 a dwarf, white poplar; because its heathy 

 stems are miniatures of that tree. Nat. 

 ord., Fringe-myrtles [Chamselauciaceae], 

 Linn., IQ-fiec&ndria "L-Monogynia.) 



This is the head of a small order of beautiful 

 little greenhouse bushes, natives of New Holland, 

 generally with the aspect of Heaths, having their 

 flowers gathered into heads, and the flower^ 

 envelopes ending in awns, fringes, or bristles, 

 which give them the appearance of Composites. 

 A greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of the 

 points of shoots or side-shoots, when getting 

 firm, in sand, under a bell-glass; one part fibry 

 peat, and two of sandy, lumpy loam. Summer 

 temp., 55 to 75; winter, 35 to 45. 

 C. cilia' turn (hair-fringed). 2. White. May. 

 N. Holland. 1825. 



CHAMJE'LEDON. (From chamai, dwarf, 

 and ledon, a kind of Cistus.) 



It is really Aza'lea procu'mbens ; and we ought 

 to have united it to the hardy section of that 

 genus. See AZA'LEA. 



C. procu'mbens (trailing). $. Pink. April. 

 North of Scotland. 



CHAH/ERHO'DES. (FromcAanwu, dwarf, 

 and rodon, a rose ; in reference to the 

 appearance of the plants. Nat. ord. 5 

 Roseworts [Rosacese]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria S-Pentagynia. Allied to Rubus.) 



