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Stove evergreen shrubs. Peat and loam ; 

 seeds. 



C. ho'rrida (horrid). 15. Orange. Carthagena. 

 1824. 



tincto'ria (dyer's). 12. Orange. Carthagena. 



1822. 



COUESE'TIA. (Named after Coitrset, a 

 botanist. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabacete]. Linn., 17-Diadelphia 4-Zte- 

 candria. Allied to Kobinia.) 



Stove evergreens. Cuttings of firm young shoots, 

 in spring or beginning of summer, in sand, under 

 a bell-glass, and in a mild bottom-hear, ; loam and 

 peat, well drained. Summer temp., 60 to 80; 

 winter, 45 to 55. 



C. tomento'sa (downy). Yellow. June. Peru. 

 1824. 



virga'ta (twiggy). Yellow. June. Trinidad- 



1820. 



COUSI'NIA. (Named after Cousin, a 

 French botanist. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteraceae]. Linn., 19-Syngenesia 1~ 

 JEqualis. Allied to Carlina.) 



Hardy plants. Annuals and biennials, by seeds 

 at the end of March, in the garden-border ; per- 

 ennials, by division in autumn or spring. 



C. carduifo'rmis (thistle-form). Purple. July, 

 ibnria. 1804. 



cynaroi'des (cynara-likc). White. Caucasus. 



Biennial. 



HoJiena'keri (Hohennker's). Yellow. July. 



Caucasus. 1836. 



hy'strix (porcupine). Purple. June. Russia. 



1838. 



macroce' phala (large-headed). Pale yellow. 



Caucasus. 1823. Biennial. 



teneflla (tender). Purple. America. 1837. 



Annual. 



Volge'nsis (Wolga). Purple. Wolga. 1804. 



COUTA'REA. (From Coutari, its name 

 in Guiana. Nat. ord., Cinchonads [Cin- 

 chonacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1-Mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Cinchona.) 



The Cinchona bark of French Guiana is the 

 produce of this fine tree. Stove evergreen. Sandy 

 peat and loam ; cuttings in heat, under glass, in 

 spring months. 

 C. specio'sa (beautiful). 12. Purple. Guiana. 1803. 



COUTOU'BEA. ( From Couloubi, its name 

 in Guiana. Nat. ord., Gentianworts [Gen- 

 tianacese]. Linn., 4- Tetran dria 1-Mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Leianthus and Lisian- 

 thus.) 



It is used in Guiana as a substitute for Gentian. 

 Stove annual and biennial plants. Sow in a mix- 

 ture of loam and peat, early in spring, in hotbed, 

 frame, or stove. 



C. ramo'sa (branchy). 3. White. July. Brazil. 

 1824. Annual. 



spica'ta (spiked). 2. White. July. Maran. 



1823. Biennial. 



verticilla'ta (whorled-faarfwZ). 1. White. July. 



Trinidad. 1818. Biennial. 



COWA'NIA. (Named after Mr. Cowan. 

 Nat. ord., Boseworts [Kosaceas], Linn., 



12- Icosandna S-Trigynia. Allied to 

 Geum.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Sandy peat and 

 loam ; propagated by cuttings under glass, in 

 heat, but not easily. 



C. plica'ta (plaited-teaoed). 2. Red. June. 

 Mexico. 



COWBERRY. VaccHnium vi'tis-ida'a. 



COWDIE PINE. Da'mmaraaiistra'lis. 



COW-DUNG. See DUNG. 



COW-GRASS. Trifo'liitm me'dium. 



COW-HERB. Sapona'ria vacca'ria. 



COW-ITCH. Mucu'na u'rens. 



COW-ITCH CHERRY. Mnlpi'ghia u'rens. 



COW-PARSNIP. Heraclc'um. 



COW-SLIP. (Pri'mula ve'ris.} There 

 are several varieties, varying in colour 

 from almost white to a very deep yellow : 

 some are single ; but others are double, 

 in the form that florists distinguish as 

 hose-in-hose, the calyx in these being con- 

 verted into a corolla. Some specimens 

 will produce one hundred pips upon a 

 single truss ; and they have been known 

 to yield even more than one hundred 

 and fifty. The cultivation is the same 

 as that of the Auricula. 



COW-TREE. Bro'simum. 



CRAB or WILD APPLE. Py'rus ace'r'ba. 



CRA'MBE. Sea-kale. (The Greek name 

 for Sea-kale. Nat. ord., Cruci/ers [Bras- 

 sicacese]. Linn., 15-Tetradynamia.) 



The Tartar bread, or large, fleshy roots of 

 Cra'mbe Tata'rica, is eaten in Hungary in slices, 

 with oil, salt, and vinegar. Hardy herbaceous- 

 rooted perennials, of easy growth in rich garden- 

 soil by root division, or seeds sown in March. 

 C. cordifo'liu (heart-leaved). 6. White. May. 



Caucasus. 1822. 



ju'ncea (rush-like). 2. White. May. Iberia. 

 1828. 



tnari'tima (common sea-fta/e). l. White. 



May. Britain. 



Tata'rica (Tartarian). 3. White. June. 



Siberia. 1754. 



CRA'MBE MARI'TIMA or SEA-KALE should 

 be grown in an open situation. It is 

 readily increased by division of its roots, 

 or by seeds, which is the best mode. 

 Seeds sown towards the end of March, 

 or beginning of April, in a well-manured 

 and deeply-trenched soil, and lined out 

 into four-feet beds, and with two-feet 

 alleys between. Sow the seeds in patches 

 two feet distant from patch to patch. The 

 patches should be made by drawing a cir- 

 cular drill about eight inches in diameter, 

 and two inches deep. Place therein about 

 eight seeds, at equal distances round; 

 and, when the seedlings are up and well 

 established, they should be thinned out, 

 leaving from three to four plants in each 



