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C, gla'brum (smooth). 15. White. Martinique. 

 1823. 



macrophy'llum (large-leaved). 100. White. 



Sierra Leone. 1824. 



monopyre'num (one-stoned). 30. Brown, W. 



Ind. 1812. 



CHRYSO'PSIS. (From chrysos, gold, and 

 opsis, a face. Nat. ord., Composites [Aste- 

 raceae]. Linn., IQ-Syngenesia 1-JEqualis.) 

 A strong, coarse, hardy herbaceous perennial 

 for a shrubbery, and will grow in any common 

 soil; divisions in March. 



C. trichophy'lla (hairy-leaved). Yellow. June. 

 N. Amer. 1827- 



CHRYSORRHO'E. (From chrysos, gold, 

 and rhco, to flow ; referring to their 

 bright yellow or golden heads of flowers. 

 Nat. ord., Fringe -myrtles [Chamselaucia- 

 cese]. Linn., W-Decandria l-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Chameelaucium.) 



Very beautiful little bushes, from New Holland. 

 They are very scarce, if at all in cultivation. Cut- 

 tings of firm young shoots, under a bell-glass, in 

 sandy soil ; cold pit or greenhouse, or with a little 

 protection, such as a warm wall, might be tried. 

 C. ni'tens (shining-flowered). Yellow. May. 



serra'ta (saw-teawed). Yellow. May. 1841. 



CHRYSOSPLE'NIUM. Golden Saxifrage. 

 (From chrysos, gold, and splcn, spleen ; in 

 reference to the colour of the flowers, 

 and the supposed medicinal qualities of 

 the plant as a slight tonic. Nat. ord., 

 Saxifrages [Saxifragacesej. Linn., 10- 

 Decandria '2-Digynia.} 



Hardy herbaceous perennials. Dividing the 

 roots ; moist situation ; common soil. 

 C. alternifo'lium (alternate-leaved). 1. Yellow. 

 April. Britain. 



Nepale'nse (Nepaul). 1. Yellow. April. 



Nepaul. 1820. 



oppositifo' Hum (opposite -leaved). Yellow. 



April. Britain. 



CHSYSOSTE'HMA. (From chrysos, gold, 

 and stemma, a crown ; the yellow flowers. 

 Nat. ord., Composites [Asteraceoa] . Linn., 

 19-8yngenesia 3-Frustranea. Allied to 

 Eudbeckia.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division of the 

 roots, and seed ; common, light soil. 

 C. tri'pteris (three-winged). 6. Yellow. Au- 

 gust. N. Amer. 1837. 



CHYMOCA'RPUS. (Better known as 

 Tropai'olum pentaphy'llum of " THE COT- 

 TAGE GARDENER ; " but the genus is ac- 

 knowledged hy botanists, and the mean- 

 ing of the name is juicy -fruited, in con- 

 tradistinction to the hard, dry fruit of the 

 Nasturtium. It is derived from chymos, 

 juice, and carpos, a fruit.) 



Greenhouse perennial climber. Seeds in a 

 slight hotbed ; cuttings in sandy soil, under a 

 hand-light, in summer. Sandy loam, with a little 

 peat. 



C. pentaphy'llus (five-leaved). 4. Red, green* 

 August. Buenos Ayres. 1830. 



CHY'SIS. (From chysis, melting ; in 

 reference to the fused appearance of the 

 pollen masses. Nat. ord., Orchids [Or- 

 chidacese]. Linn., 20-Gynandria 1-il/o- 

 nandria.) 



Stove orchids. Offsets ; baskets filled with fibry 

 peat and potsherds, and kept in a cool, mcis,t 

 stove. 



C. au'rea (golden-flowered). 1. Yellow and 

 crimson. May, Venezuela. 1834. 



bracte'scens (bracteated). 1. White, yellow. 



May. Guatimala. 1840. 



lee'vis (smooth). Cream, yellow. Guatimala. 



CIBO'TIUM. (From kibotion, a small 

 box ; referring to the form of the seed- 

 vessels. Nat. ord., Ferns [Polypodiaceso]. 

 Linn., Zk-Cryptogamia I-Filices.} 



Division of the roots ; peat and loam ; a warm 

 greenhouse, or cool stove. 



C. Ba'rometz (Barornetz). 6. Brown, yellow. 

 May. China. 1824. Stove. 



Billardie'ri (Billardiere's). 30. Brown. April. 



N. Holland. 1824. Greenhouse. 



Schie'dei (Schiede's). 6. Brown. Mexico. 



1846. Stove. 



CIBOUL, or WELSH ONION. (A'llmmjis- 

 tulo'sum.') A perennial, never forming 

 any bulb, but sown annually, to be drawn 

 young for salads, &c. Its strong taste 

 renders it greatly inferior to the common 

 onion for this purpose ; but, from its 

 extreme hardiness, it is good as a winter- 

 standing crop for spring use. 



Varieties. Two varieties are in culti- 

 vation, the white and the red. 



Cultivation. It may be sown at all 

 times with the onion, and is similarly 

 cultivated, except that it may be sown 

 thicker, and only thinned as wanted. 

 (See ONION.) The blade usually dies 

 away completely in winter; but fresh 

 ones are thrown out again in February or 

 March. 



To obtain Seed. Plant some of the 

 roots in March, six or eight inches asun- 

 der. The first autumn they will produce 

 but little seed; in the second and third, 

 however, it will be produced abundantly. 

 If care is taken to part and transplant the 

 roots every two or three years, they may 

 be multiplied, and will remain produc- 

 tive for many years, and aflbrd much 

 better seed than that from one-year-old 

 roots. 



Scallions. There is good reason for 

 concluding that by a confusion of names, 

 arising from similarity of appearance, 

 this vegetable is the true scallion, whilst 

 the hollow leek of "Wales is the true 



