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their growth. The grand object is to 

 keep them growing freely till they make 

 large, broad-leaved plants, in eight-inch 

 pots, before they begin to shqw their 

 flower-stems. Keep them in the cold 

 frame, or pit, through the winter; only 

 take care to cover them up securely 

 every night, and day also, if the frost is 

 severe. It will be necessary to pack 

 round the sides and ends of the frame or 

 pit with either short litter or dry fern, of 

 sufficient thickness to keep out the se- 

 verest frost. During this severe weather, 

 it will sometimes be necessary to keep 

 the covering on the glass all the day. 

 It has occurred that the cover has been 

 kept on for a fortnight without any in- 

 jury; but on all fine days take off the 

 coverings, and give abundance of air ; 

 pick off all decaying leaves, should any 

 appear ; and only water when absolutely 

 necessary. They grow, and keep healthy, 

 much better in such a situation than in 

 a greenhouse. 



Summer Culture. As soon as the warm, 

 mild days of spring arrive, give the plants 

 their last shift, and, if desirable, remove 

 them into the greenhouse at once, plac- 

 ing them as near the glass as possible. 

 The flower-stems will now be advancing 

 rapidly; and, for some kinds, it will be 

 necessary to use sticks, to open out the 

 Leads of bloom, and show them to the 

 best advantage, especially for those in- 

 tended for exhibition ; but all sticks 

 should be removed a day or two before 

 the show, as they are no addition to the 

 beauty of these plants. 



Insects. The great pest of the Cine- 

 raria is the greenfly ; but it may be easily 

 got rid of by smoking with tobacco. Yet 

 it must be carefully applied, as there is 

 no plant so susceptible of injury from a 

 too strong dose of this smoke. Some- 

 times the red spider makes its appear- 

 ance ; and when it does, it will be neces- 

 sary to dust the leaves with sulphur, 

 which, though it will not kill him, pre- 

 vents his feeding, and thus starves him 

 to death. 



Diseases. These plants, like all other 

 highly-cultivated ones with soft wood, 

 are subject to go off just on the surface 

 of the soil. The only preventive is 

 plenty of fresh, sweet air, and a judicious 

 application of water, especially during 

 the early part of the year. 



CINNAMO'MUM. Cinnamon. (From 

 the Arabic name, kinamon. Nat. ord., 



Laurels [Lauracere], Linn., Q-Ennean- 

 dria 1-Monogynia.) 



Cassia Bark is obtained from nearly all the spe- 

 cies of Cinnamon-trees. Other countries have 

 their Cinnamon-trees, but differino: from the true 

 Asiatic Cinnamon. Stove trees. Cuttings of fine 

 shoots in April, in sand, under a glass, and a 

 moist bottom-heat. Peat and loam. Summer 

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

 C. Beiolgo'ta (Beiolgota). 40. Yellow, green, 

 E. Ind. 1818. 



ea'ssia (cassia). 50. Yellow, green. June* 



Ceylon. 1/63. 



Culila'ban (CulihUian). 20. Yellow, green. 



E. Ind. ]8.!3. 



du'lcs (sweet. True Cinnamon). 40. White, 



yellow. E. Ind. 1820. 



glau'cmn. (milky-green. Camphor-tree). 20 



Pale yellow. Japan. 1BOO. 



gra'cile (slender). 20. Yellow, green. E 



Ind. 1820. 



Malabo! trum (Malabar-tefl/). 20. Yellow, 



green. E. Ind. 1805. 



monta'num (mountain). 40. White, green. 



W. Ind. 1810. 



ni'tidum (shining). 20. White. E. Ind. 1823. 



ve'rum (true). 40. Green. July. E. Ind. 1/68. 

 CIXQUEFOIL. Potenti'lla. 



CION. See SCION. 



CIKCJE'A. Enchanters' Nightshade. (A 

 classical name, after Circe, a celebrated 

 enchantress, skilled in poisonous herbs. 

 Nat. ord., Onagrads [Onagraceaj]. Linn., 

 2-Di.andria l-Monogynia. Allied to Lo- 

 pezia.) 



Hardy perennials. Offsets and divisions. 

 Common garden-soil. 

 C. alpi'na (alpine). 1. Red. July. Britain. 



inter me' dia (intermediate). 1. lied. July. 



Europe. 1821. 



Lutetia'na (Parisian. Common). 1. Red. 



July. Britain. 



CIRCUMPOSITION differs from layering, 

 only that in this the shoot to be rooted 

 is bent down to the soil, whilst, in cir- 

 cumposition, the soil is placed in a vessel, 

 and raised to the shoot. There are pots 

 called layeriny-pots, made for this prac- 

 tice, and differing from the common 

 gaiden-pot only by having a section, 

 about an inch broad, cut through one 

 side, and to the centre of the bottom, for 

 the admission of the shoot or branch. 

 Moisture necessary for favouring the 

 emission of roots is supplied by means of 

 a bottle, from which the bottom is struck 

 off, and the neck furnished with a cork, 

 perforated so as to admit a small pigeon's 

 feather, or bit of wool, to form a syphon, 

 by means of which the moss is kept in 

 a proper state of moisture. Hard-wooded 

 plants are propagated in this way from 

 the middle of May till the end of June; 

 and the branches are sufficiently rooted 

 to be taken off by the end of September. 



