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Diseases. The cucumber is liable to be 

 attacked by the MILDEW, CANKER, GUM- 

 MING (extra vasated sap), and DEFORMITY. 

 ( See those articles.) The fruit is also 

 liable to bitterness, an ill quality usually 

 it moved by increasing the temperature, 

 and exposure to the light. It arises 

 from an imperfect elaboration of the 

 juices: those in the neck of the cu- 

 cumber being least digested, are always 

 niore bitter than in any other part of the 

 fruit. 



Insects. See APHIS, ACARUS, and 

 Ta KIPS. For Melon-culture sec MELON. 



CUCUMBER - TREE. Magno'lia acumi- 

 '/itt' tu, and Ave rho'a bili'mbi. 



OUCU'RBITA. Gourd. (From curbita, 

 a ^ourd. Nat. ord., Cucurbits [Cucurbi- 

 taoeae]. Linn., 21-Moncecia IQ-Monadel- 

 ph a.) 



Half-hardy trailing annuals, requiring the same 



culture as the Cucumber. 



C. auranti'aca (onnge-fruited). 3. Yellow. July. 

 1802. 



orangi'na (false orange). 3. Yellow. July. 



1802. 



colocynth i'des (colocynth-like). 3. Yel- 

 low. July. 1802. 



nta'xima (largest). 4. Yellow. July. 



1 melope'po (melon-pumpkin. Squash). 3. Yel- 

 low. June. 1597. 



m scholia (musky). 4. Yellow. July. 



ovi'fera (egg-shape). 3. Yellow. August. As- 



tracan. 



gri'sea (grey-fruited). 3. Yellow. July. 



pyrifo'rmis (peai-form-fruited). 3. Yel- 

 low. July. 



subglobo'sa(&vh-g\o\)e- fruited). 3. Yel- 

 low. July. 



pe'po (pumpkin). 1 6. Yellow. July. Levant. 



oblo'nga (oblong-fruited). 6. Yellow. 



July. 1570. 

 tutrotu'nda (nearly-round-/rwzYerf). 6. 



Yellow. July. Levant. l'750. 



po'tira (potiron, large-fruited). 10. Yellow. 



gourge'ra (gourd-bearing). 10. Yellow. 



July. 

 vi'ridis (g r een potiron). 10. Yellow. July. 



verruco'sa (warty). 12. Yellow. June. 1608. 

 CULCA'SIA. (Derivation same as Colo- 



casia. Nat. ord., Arads [AracefeJ. Linn., 

 21-Monasda 7-Ifeptandria. Allied to Ca- 

 ladium.) 



Stove climber. For culture, see COLOCA'SIA. 

 C. sca'ndens (climbing). White. Guinea. 1822. 



CULLUMBINE, or COLUMBINE. Aquile'- 

 yia. 



CUMIN. Lagoe'cia cuminoi'des. 



CUMI'NUM CYMI'NUM. Common Cumin, 

 an annual, native of Egypt, bearing 

 white flowers, and belonging to the Nat. 

 ord., Umbellifers. It is cultivated for its 

 aromatic seeds. Sow in a warm situation 



in March, in a rich, light soil; the plants 

 flower in June, and ripen their seeds in 

 the autumn. 



CuaiMi'NGiA. (Named after the lat< 

 Lady Gordon dimming, of Altyre, in Mo 

 rayshire. Nat. ord., Lilyworts [Liliacese] 

 Linn., 6-Hexandria 1-Honogynia. Alliei 

 to Conanthera.) 



Beautiful little half-hardy bulbs from Chili 

 which succeed best in a light, rich border in fro. 

 of a greenhouse, with Ixias, Brodiaeas, Zeph 

 ranthes, Anomathecas, and the like. Offset- 

 loam and peat. 



C. campanula! to. (bell-flowered). J. Blue. Augus 

 1823. 



tene'lla (delicate). f. Blue. November. 18'->< 



trimacula'ta (three-spotted), f. Blue. D 



cember. 1829. 



CU'NILA. (After a town of that nam- 

 Nat. ord., Labiates [Lamiacese], Linn., '<! 

 Diandria 1-Monogyniu. Allied to Bain 

 and Mint.) 



North American hardy herbaceous perennials 

 root divisions ; in loam and peat. 

 C. cocci'nea (scarlet). 1$. Scarlet. September 

 1823. 



Maria'nu (Maryland). 1. Red. September 



1759. 



CUNNINGHA'MIA. Broad -leaved Chin, 

 Fir. (In honour of two brothers, J. an 

 A. Cunningham, British botanists in Aus 

 tralia. Nat. ord., Conifers [Pinaceee] 

 Linn., 21-Moncecia lO-Monadelphia. A! 

 lied to the Spruce Fir.) 



Greenhouse evergreen tree, but in some situa- 

 tions hardy ; light soil, well drained; cuttings cat 

 be rooted, but seldom make handsome plants ; 

 seedlings are best. 



C. Sine'nsis (Chinese). 40. China. 1804. 



CUNO'NIA. (Named after J. C. Cuno, o 4 . 

 Amsterdam. Nat. ord., Cunoniads [Cnno 

 niaceae]. Linn., W-Decandria 2-Digynia. , 



Greenhouse evergreen tree ; loam and peat ; 

 cuttings in sand, under glass, in heat. 

 C. Cape'nsu (Cape). 20. White. August. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1816. 



CUPA'NIA. (Named after F. F. Oupam 

 an Italian monk, who wrote on botany. 

 Nat.ord.,#0a;n00r/s [Sapmdaceffi]. Linn.. 

 S-Octandria 1-Monogynia. Allied to Sa 

 pindus.) 



Stove evergreen trees, all with white flowers ; 

 loam and peat; cuttings of half-ripe shoots in 

 sand, under glass, in heat. Summer temp., 60 to 

 85 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 C. cane'scens (hoary). 16. E. Ind. 1818. 



denta'ta (toothed). 12. Mexico. 1824. 



exce'lsa (lofty). 20. Mexico. 1824. 



gla'bra (smooth). 14. May. Jamaica. 1822. 



sa'pida (savoury. Akee-tree). 20. Africa. 1/93. 



saponarioi'des (saponaria-like). 6, April. W. 



Ind. 1810. 



seti'gera (bristly). 20. November. Moretoa 



Bay. 1830. 



tomeuto'sa (downy). 15. W. Ind. 1818. 



