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mail; the seeds, when dry, bearing a 

 rough or scabrous exterior. Nat. ord., 

 Bean-capers [Zygophylacese] . Linn., 10- 

 Decandria l-Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings in sand, in heat, 

 in April. Peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 

 to 80 ; winter, 45 to 55. 



C. a'lbicans (\yhite-teflwed). 10. White. Mexico. 

 1815. 



Fothergi'lla (Fothcrgill's). 20. Purple. S. 



Amer. 1815. 



macropliy'lla (large-leaved). 10. White. 



Trinidad. 1820. 



pyramida'lis (pyramidal). 3. White. July. 



Trinidad. 1817. 



Tamo'nia (Tamonia). 12. Purple. W. Ind. 



1815. 



CHIVE or GIVE (A'ttiumschasnopra'sum) 

 is used as a very superior substitute for 

 young onions in spring salading. A 

 single row, a few yards long, will supply 

 a family. 



A light, rich soil is most suitable. 



Plant together eight or ten of the off- 

 sets of the bulbs, in March or April, in 

 rows ten inches apart, and as many from 

 patch to patch. By autumn they mul- 

 tiply into large-sized bunches, and, if 

 required, may be taken up as soon as the 

 leaves decay, and be stored as a substi- 

 tute for the onion. The leaves, which 

 are fit for use as long as they remain 

 green, must, when required, be cut down 

 close to the ground, when they will 

 speedily be succeded by others. 



CHLIDA'NTHUS. (From dideios, deli- 

 cate, and anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., 

 Amaryllids [Amaryllidacea3]. Linn., 6- 

 Hexandria l-Monogynia. Allied to Cli- 

 nanthus.) 



A half-hardy bulb, with sweet-scented flowers. 

 It requires fertile loam in a warm border, and to 

 be taken up on the approach of frost, and kept 

 dry, in a pot of sand, till April, when its nume- 

 rous offsets should be removed, to enable the 

 bulb to flower well. Offsets; sandy peat and 

 fibry loam. 



C.fra'grans (fragrant). 1. Yellow. June. 

 Buenos Ayres. 1820. 



C.^LOA'NTHES. (From chloa, greenish- 

 yellow, and anthos, a flower ; in reference 

 to its greenish flowers. Nat. ord., Ver- 

 benas [Verbenacese]. Linn., 14c-Didyna- 

 mia 3-Angiospermia. Allied to Lantana.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, from New Holland. 

 Cuttings of young shoots in sandy soil, under a 

 glass ; fibry loam, and turfy, sandy peat. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 45. 



C. glandulo'sa (glandulous). 2. Green, yellow. 

 July. 1824. 



rosmarinifo'lia (rosemary-leaved). 2. Green, 



yellow. July. 1823. 



sttffcAddis (stsechas-like). 2. Green, yellow. 



uly. 1822, 



CHLO'RA. Yellowwort. (Fiom chloros, 

 greenish-yellow. The flowers of G. per- 

 folia'ta, a British plant, are yellow, and 

 turn green when dried. Nat. ord., Gen- 

 tianworls [Gentianacese], Linn., S-Oc-, 

 tandria l- 



The leaves of these plants are a good substitute 

 for Gentian. Hardy annuals. Seed sown in 

 April, in the open border. 



C. imperfoliu'ta (leaf-unstem-pierced). Yellow. 

 June. Italy. 1823. 



perfoliu'ta (leaf-stem-pierced). Yellow. June. 



Britain. 



sero'tina (Izte-jlowering). 1. Yellow. No- 



vember. South of Europe. 1832. 



CHLORIDE OF LIME, or BLEACHING 

 POWDER, is composed of chlorine, 36.23, 

 lime, 36.77. Exposed to the air, it is 

 converted into chalk and muriate of lime, 

 a salt vrhich absorbs moisture from the 

 air very powerfully. By this conversion 

 it becomes a useful addition to soils ; 

 and, as it also gives out some chlorine 

 gas, so offensive and destructive to insects, 

 it lias been suggested as a useful appli- 

 cation to the land at the time of turnip- 

 sowing. It is also useful as a disinfectcr, 

 and for sprinkling about stable-floors, to 

 fix the ammoniacal fumes. 



CHLORO'XYLON. (From chloros, green- 

 ish-yellow, and xylon, wood. Nat. ord., 

 Cedrelads [Cedrelaceae]. Linn., 10-Z>e- 

 candria l-Monogynia. The Satin-wood is 

 from the trunk, and the wood-oil of India 

 is from the leaves of C. Swiete'nia.} 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripe shoots 



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



peat. Summer temp. ,60 to 80; winter, 50 to 55. 



C. Swiete'nia (Van Swieten's). 50. White. E. 



Ind. 1820. 



CHOCOLATE NUT. Thcobro'ma. 



CHOI'SYA. (Named after M. Choisy, a 

 botanist of Geneva. Nat. ord., Rueworts 

 [Kutaceae]. Linn., 10-Decandria 1- 

 Monogynia.) 



Stove evergreen, cultivated like Chloroxylon. 

 C. terna'ta ' v three-leafleted). 6. White. July. 

 Mexico. 1825. 



CHOME'LIA. (Named after Dr. Chomel, 

 physician to Louis XV. Nat. ord., (7m- 

 chonads [CinchonaceasJ. Linn.,4-7 T e<rw- 

 dria l-Monogynia. Allied to Ixora.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, cultivated like Chlo- 

 roxylon. 



C.fascicula'ta (bundle -flowered). 5. White. 

 W. Ind. 1825. 



spino'sa (spiny). 12. White. W. Ind. 1/93. 



CHONEMO'RPHA. (From chone, a fun- 

 nel, and morpha, form ; the flowers being 

 funnel-form. Nat. ord., Dogbanes [Apocy- 



