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Welsh onion. At present, all onions that 

 have refused to bulb, but form lengthened 

 necks and strong blades, in spring and 

 summer, are called scallions. 



CI'CCA. (Named after Peter Cicca, a 

 writer of the sixteenth century. Nat. 

 ord.,Spurycworts [Euphorbiacese]. Linn., 

 Zl-Moncecia ^-Tetrandria. Allied to 

 Phyllanthus.) 



The milky juice of many of the Spurgeworts is 

 poisonous ; yet the succulent fruit of C, di'sticha 

 is wholesome, and the roots a powerful purgative. 

 Stove tree ; cuttings of ripe shoots in sand, under 

 a glass, and in bottom-heat ; sandy loam. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 55 to 60. 

 C. di'sticha (two-rowed-/eamZ). 20. Green, E. 

 Ind. 1/96. 



CICELY. Ghcsrophy'llum. 



CIOHO'EIUM. Chicory, or Succory. (An 

 ancient Egyptian name. Nat. ord., Com- 

 posites [ Asteracese] . Linn., IQ-Syngenesia 

 1-^qualis.) 



Hardy salad-plants, of easy culture ; seed at 

 different times. See CHICORY and ENDIVE. 

 C. endi'via (endive). 2. Blue. July. E. Ind. 

 1548. Annual. 



i'ntybus (intybus. Chicory'), 2. Blue. July. 



Britain. Perennial. 



CIMICI'FUGA. Bugwort. (From cimex, 

 a bug, and/w/o, to drive away; from its 

 supposed quality. Nat. ord., Crowfoots 

 [Ranunculacese]. Linn., 13-Polyandria 

 5-Pentagynia. Allied to Actsea.) 



Good old hardy herbaceous plants for borders ; 

 seeds, and division of the roots in spring or au- 

 tumn ; common soil. 



C, Amcrira'na (American). 2. White, yellow. 

 July. Carolina. 1824. 



cordifo'liu (heart-leaved). 3. White, yellow. 



June. N. Amer. 1812. 



fos'tida ''foetid). 4. Light yellow. June. 



Siberia. 17/7. 



palma'ta (hand - leaned';. 4. White, yellow. 



July. N. Amer. 1812. 



CINCHO'NA. Peruvian Bark. (Named 

 after the Countess of Cinchon, who was 

 cured by this Peruvian Bark. Nat. ord., 

 Cinchonads [Cinchonaceee]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria 1-Monor/ynia.) 



The Peruvian bark stands foremost as a febri- 

 fuge tonic. Stove evergreens ; cuttings of ripe 

 wood in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat ; loam 

 and fibry peat, with a little sand and charcoal. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 C. officina'lis (shop). 18. Red. July. Peru. 1810, 



sea 1 bra (rugged). 6. Red. 1820. 



CINERA'RIA. (From cineres, ashes ; in 

 reference to the grey down covering 

 Hie surfaces of the leaves. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [ Asteracese] . Linn., lQ~8yn- 

 fjenesia 2-Superflua.) 



Hardy herbaceous species by seed, but chiefly 

 by division of the roots ; good, loamy soil, and a 



little peat or leaf-mould. The shrubs and under- 

 shrubs, which mostly require a greenhouse or 

 cold pit in winter,- by cuttings in sandy soil, 

 under a hand-light. The garden florist varieties 

 see further on. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 

 C. Aitonia'na (Alton's). 1. Yellow. July. 



America 'na (American). 6. Yellow. Grenada. 



1825. 



di'scolor (two-coloured-fcawed). 4. White. 



July. Jamaica. 1804. 



glabrn'ta (smooth). 2. Yellow. July. Ja- 



maica. 1822. 

 * lu'cida (shining). 2. Yellow. July. W. Ind. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 C. a'lba (white). 1. White. February. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1825. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



July. Blexico. 1825. 



auri'ta (eared). 2. Yellow. June. Madeira. 



1827. 



bi'color (two-coloured). 2. Yellow. July. 



Austria. 



cacalioi'des (cacalia-like). 2. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1816. 



canefscens (hoary). 2. Yellow. June. Cape 



of Good Hope 1/90. 



Cauca'sicu (Caucasian). 2. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1759. Herbaceous. 



ela'tior (taller). 5. White. July. 



geifo'lia (geum-leaved). 2. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1710. 



gibbo'sa (swollen). Sicily. 



'humifu'sa (trailing). 1. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. r/54. Herbaceous. 



hy'brlda (hybrid). 2. Yellow. February. 



inca'na (hoary). 3, Yellow. July. Jamaica. 



1823. 



la'ctea (milk-coloured). 3. White. June. 1810. 



lana'ta (woolly). 3. Purple. June. Canaries. 



1780. 



loba'ta (lobed). 3. Yellow. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1774. 



malvcefo'lia (mallow-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



August. Azores. 1777. Herbaceous. 



multiflo'ra (many-flowered). 2. White. July. 



Teneriffe. 1829. 



petasi'tes (butterbur-feerf). 3. Yellow. 



February. Mexico. 1812. 



populifo'lia (poplar-Zeawed;. 2. Red, July. 



Canaries. 17SO. 



prce'cox (early). 2. Yellow. February. 



Mexico. 1824. 



pulche'lla (neat). 2. Purple. February. 



Canaries. 1818. 



salicifu'lia (willow-leaved). 4. Yellow. July. 



Mexico. 1827. 



scapiflo'ra (scape-flowered). 1. Yellow. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1829. 



tussilaginoi 1 'des (coltsfoot-likel. 2. Lilac- 



Autumn. Teneriffe. 1829- 



vesti'ta (clothed). . Yellow. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1824. 



visco'sa (clammy). 2. Yellow. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1774. Biennial. 

 HARDY HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 



C. alpe'stris (alpine). 1. Yellow. May. Switzer- 

 land. 1819. 



alpi'na (alpine). 1. Yellow. July. Switzer- 



land. 181Q. 



auranti'aca (orange). 1. Orange. June. 



Switzerland. 1819- 



au'rea (golden). 3. Yellow. July. Sibena. 



1827. 



