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COB 



C. stri'cta (straight). 1. Yellow. June. Siberia. 

 1827. Biennials. 



Urale'nsis (Ural). 1. Pale yellow. August. 



Kamtschatka. 1824. Biennials. 



HERBACEOUS. 



Ctfla'mtla (yellowish). . Yellow. June. 

 Russia. 1838. 



lu'tea (yellow). 2. Yellow. July. England. 



pceoniaifo'lia (peony-leaved). 2. Purple. 



February. Siberia. 1820. 



Sibi'rica (Siberian). 1. Yellow. July. 



Siberia. 1810. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED. 



C. angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 1. Purple. 

 February. Iberia. 1819. 



bractea'ta (/a^-bracted). 1. Pale yellow. 



February. Siberia. 1829. 



bicalcara'ta (two-spurred). 1. Pink. June. 



bulbo'sa (bulbous). 1. Pink. February. 



Britain. 



Cauca'sica (Caucasian). 1. Purple. February. 



Caucasus, 1823. 



faba'cea (bean-tea?;^)- 3. Purple. February. 

 Germany. 1815. 



Ge'bleri (Gebler's). May. Altai. 1827. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). f. Pale rose. 



April. Altai. '1832. 



Marsha/lia'na (Marshall's). 1. Purple. 



February. Tauria. 1824. 



iw'bilis (noble-flowered). 1. Lilac, yellow. 



May. Siberia. 1783. 



pauciflo'ra (few-flowered). 1. Purple. Fe- 



bruary. Siberia. 1819. 



tubero'sa (tuberous-hollow-rooted) , 1. Pur- 



ple. February. Europe. 1596. 



albiflo'ra (white-flowered). 1. White. 



February. Europe. 1596. 



CO'RYLUS. Nut-tree. (From korys, 

 a hood, or helmet ; in reference to the 

 calyx covering the nut. Nat. ord., Mast- 

 worts [Corylacea?]. Linn., %\-Monoecia 

 d-Pbfyandria.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs, mostly cultivated for 

 their fruits ; common soil ; readily increased 

 either by seeds sown in October or November, 

 or by layers or suckers. 

 C. America'na (American). 10. April. N. Amer. 



avella'na (filbert). 10. February. Britain. 

 a'lba (white Filbert). 10. February. 



Spain. 



Barcelone'nsis (Barcelona) . 8. February. 



Spain. 



cri'spa (frizzled). 8. February. 



glomera'ta (clustered). 8. February. 



gra'ndis (great Cob). 8. February. 



heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 20. Yel- 

 low, red. February. Danube. 1829. 



Lambe'rti (Lambert's). 10. February. 



ova'ta (egg- fruited). 8. February. 



pu'mila (dwarf). 6. February. 



purpu'rea (purple- leaved). 10. February. 



ru'bra (red Filbert). 10. February. 



te'nuis (thin Cosford). 10. February. 



tubulo'sa (tubular-calyxed). 10. Fe- 

 bruary. South of Europe. 1759. 



tubulo'sa a'lba (white- tubular-Filbert). 



10. February. 



vuriega'ta (variegated). 8. February. 



colu'rna (hazel. Constantinople). 10. Apetal. 



February. Constantinople. 1665. 



hu'milis (humble), 6. February. N. Amer. 



1798. - 



C. rostra'ta (beaked). 5. February. N. Amer. 

 1745. 



FILBERT CULTURE. The following are 

 the most esteemed kinds: White Fil- 

 bert; well known. Red; similar, but 

 having a red skin. Prolific cob ; a very 

 large nut. Cosford; fine flavour, thin 

 shell, great bearer. Prolific dwarf; well 

 adapted for small gardens. Gordon's 

 thin-shelled; a good nut. Frizzled; 

 similar to the other filberts, husk more 

 ornamental. 



Propagation. Layers, cuttings, graft- 

 ing, and seed. Shoots of the previous 

 year's growth root readily if layered any 

 time during the rest-season. Cuttings 

 should be made similar to those of the 

 currant, the lower buds cut out in order 

 to destroy their propensity to suckering. 

 If they are to form neat little bushes, 

 on a dwarfing system for small gardens, 

 the cuttings may be nearly half a yard 

 in length. Grafting is performed as 

 with the apple or pear, and at the period 

 when the buds first begin to swell. The 

 common hazel-nut and the Spanish nut 

 are generally used for stocks ; the latter, 

 it is affirmed, will not produce suckers. 



Seed. This practice is resorted to for 

 the sake of raising new varieties, or 

 for producing the ordinary hazels. In 

 the former case, there is much room 

 for progress still ; and certainly no plant 

 offers greater facilities to the hybridzer. 

 Bearing, as it does, male and female blos- 

 soms separately, every opportunity exists 

 for depriving any given kind of its catkins 

 betimes. 



Soil. Any ordinary soil, if pretty 

 good, will answer, provided it ' is not 

 stagnant. A free, upland, light loam, 

 however, is what they prefer. We have, 

 nevertheless, known them succeed very 

 well in a moorish-looking soil, and on 

 well-drained peats, which had become 

 sound through the application of marl 

 or clay. 



Culture during the growing period. 

 Very little is requisite after the regular 

 winter pruning, unless it be the extirpa- 

 tion of suckers, and the removal, during 

 summer, of those loose and ill-placed 

 watery growths which only serve to con- 

 fuse and darken the tree. We may here 

 notice, that some little training may be 

 necessary for those under a dwarfing- 

 system in small gardens, in order to 

 bring them into a compact and handsome 

 shape 



