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tree. The species are now united to Cor- 

 dyliue. 



CHASCA'NUM. (From chasko,to. gape; 

 referring to the irregular limb of the 

 ilower approaching the form of a Lip- 

 wort-flower. Nat. ord., Verbenas [Ver- 

 benacese]. Linn., 14^-JDidt/namia 2-An- 

 yiospermia. Allied to Stachytarpheta.) 



Greenhouse evergreen. Cuttings in spring, in 

 sand, under a glass, in gentle heat. Loam and 

 sandy peat, well drained. 



C. cuneifo'lium (wedge-shaped-leaved). 4. White. 

 April. Cape of Good Hope. 1821. 



CHEESE-RENNET. Ga'liwn vc'rum. 



CHEILA'NTHES. (From cheilos, a lip, j 

 and anthos, a flower; in reference to the 

 form of the seed-organs. Nat. ore!., 

 Ferns [Polypodiacese]. Linn., 2-Cryplo- 

 gamia 1-F'diccs. Allied to Adiantum.) 



Division of the roots, just when commencing to 

 grow. Peat and loam. Summer temp., 55 to 

 80 ; winter, 45 to 55. 



HARDY. 



C. pra'cHis (slender). . Brown. July. N. Amcr. 

 1823. 



odo'ra (sweet-smelling). . Brown. June. 



Switzerland. 1819. 



vesti'ta (clothed). . Brown. August. N. 



Amer. 1812. 



GREENHOUSE. 



C. cauda'ta (tailed). . Brown. June. N. Hol- 

 land. 1824. 



fralgrans (fragrant). . Brown. August. Ma- 

 deira. 1778. 



hi'rta (hairy). . Brown. June. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1806. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 1. Brown. Au- 



gust. \V. Ind. 



pteroi'des (pteris-like). . Brown. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1775. 



suave'olens (sweet-scented). Brown. August. 



Madeira. 1778. 



STOVE. 

 C. erenula'ta (scolloped). 1. Brown. 1824. 



cunea'ta (wedge-leaved}. 1. Brown. 1831. 



Dicksonioi'des (Dicksonia-like). 4. Brown. 



August. 

 farino'sa (mealy). Brown, yellow. Isle of 



Luzon. 

 ferrutri'nea (rusty). . Brown. June. 1810. 



lendi'gera (maggot-bearing). &. Brown. June. 



New Spain. 



micro'mera (parted-small). Mexico. 



micro'pteris (small-winged). . Brown. Sep- 



tember. 1838. 



profu'sa (dangling). . Brown. September. 



re? pens (creeping). 1. Brown. July. W. Ind. 



1824. 



ru'fa (reddish-brown). . Reddish-brown. 



W. Ind. 



rufe'scens (brownish-red). . Brown. Sep- 



tember. 1838. 



- sinuo'sa (wavy-edged). 1. Brown. August. 

 W. Ind. 



specta'bilis (showy). 1&. Brown. September. 



Brazil. 1829. 



tenuifo'lia (slender-leaved). Brown. Sep- 



tember. Ceylon. 



visco'sa (clammy). Brown. Mexico. 1811. 



CHEIMATOBIA BRUJIATA. Winter Moth. 

 This is the cause of more destruction to 

 our fruit and other trees than almost anv 



MALE AND FEMALE. 



other insect; for no weather is suffi- 

 ciently severe to injure either them or 

 their eggs; and the caterpillars, in tho 

 early spring, will feed upon the opening 

 buds and leaves of almost every kind of 

 tree. The females, being without wings, 

 may be prevented ascending our standard 

 fruit-trees by smearing round their 

 trunks a band of tar; but this must be 

 renewed, as it dries, every two or three 

 days. The male moths begin to fly 

 about just after sunset during November, 

 and until the end of January. Their 

 upper wings, when opened, measure 

 across about one inch and a quarter; but, 

 during the day, they look much smaller, 

 for they fold them so as to form a tri- 

 angle, and have their feelers or horns 

 (antennae) turned back over them. Those 

 wings are pale grey, marked with va- 

 rious darker-waved lines. The under- 

 wings are greyish-white, often having & 

 notched line crossing their centre. The 

 body, delicate and tapering, is yellowish- 

 grey. The female crawls to the top of a 

 tree, and deposits her very small, oval 

 eggs upon the blossom and leaf-buds, as 

 well as upon the shoots. She will lay 

 from 200 to 300 eggs. The caterpillars 

 and the buds come to life together. At 

 first they are grey, and scarcely thicker 

 than a horsehair; but they cast their 

 skins, and finally become the green-looper, 

 of a yellowish-green colour, shining, and 

 with a blue line down the back. On 

 their sides are two yellowish-white lines. 

 The apple-buds are their favourite food ; 

 but they destroy, without difficulty, the 

 leaves of the hawthorn, lime, hazel, 

 rose, elm, willow, and hornbeam. (The 

 Cottage Gardener, i. 53.) The caterpillar 

 descends into the earth, and becomes a 

 chrvsalis about the end of May. 



