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front of the border in the end of April 

 and it will blow later. 

 C. platyglo'ssa (broad-rayed). 1. Yellow 

 October. California. 1835. 



CALLICO'MA. (From kalos, beautiful 

 and coma, hair ; in reference to the tufte< 

 heads of its yellow flowers. Nat. ord. 

 Cunoniads [Cunoniacese]. Linn., 11 

 Dodecandria, 2-digynia. Allied to Wein 

 mannia). Greenhouse evergreen shrub 

 cuttings of half-ripened wood, under a 

 bell-glass in sandy peat ; sandy peat 

 Summer temp., 50 to 70 ; winter, 40 r 



C. serratifo'lia (saw-leaved). 4. Yellow. June 

 New South Wales. 1793. 



CALLI'GONUM. (From kalos, beautiful, 

 and aonum, a joint; in reference to its 

 leafless joints. Nat. ord., Buckwheats 

 [Polygonaceae]. Linn., \l-Dodecandria, 

 4-tetragynia. Allied to Polygonum), 

 This is a curious leafless shrub, a native oi 

 Siberia, where the Calmucks in times ol 

 scarcity pound and boil the roots, from 

 which they obtain a nutricious gum re- 

 sembling tragacanth, to allay their hun- 

 ger, while by chewing the acrid branches 

 and fruit they quench their thirst. Hardy 

 evergreen shrub ; cuttings under a hand- 

 glass, in spring and autumn ; 



C. Palla'sia (Pallas's). 4. Green white. Au- 

 gust. Caspian Sea. 1780. 



CALLIO'PSIS. Synonyme of Coreopsis, 

 which see. 



CALLIPHRU'RIA. (Derivation not ex- 

 plained. Nat. ord., Amaryllids [Ama- 

 ryllidacecs]. Linn., -Hexandria, l-mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Eurycles). Pretty 

 Peruvian bulbs, flowering when not in 

 leaf like the Guernsey lily. Offsets ; 

 sandy loam and a little peat ; cold pit, or 

 a warm border, and protected during 

 winter. 



C. Hartwegia'na (Hartweg's). Yellow. Gre- 

 nada. 1843. 

 fferbertia'na (Herbert's). 



CALLI'PRORA. (From kalos, beautiful, 

 and prora, a front ; referring to the front 

 view of the flowers. Nat. ord., Lily- 

 worts, in the Squill section [Liliacece]. 

 Linn., 6-Hexandria, \-monogynia). A 

 pretty hardy little bulb with drooping 

 yellow flowers. Offsets ; shady peaty 

 border. 



C. Mtea (yellovr-ftmcered) f . Yellow. August. 

 California. 1831. 



CALLI'PTERIS. Synonyme of Dipla- 

 zium, which see. 



CALLI'SIA. From kalos, beautiful. A 

 pretty species. Nat. ord., Spiderworts 

 [Commelynacese]. Linn., 3-Trmndria, 

 \-monogynia. Allied to Tradescantia). 

 Stove evergreen trailer ; division of its 

 creeping roots ; sandy loam and a little 

 peat. Summer temp,, 60 to 70 ; win- 

 ter, 45 to 55. 



C. re 1 pens (creeping). . Blue. June. West 

 Indies. 1776. 



CALLISTA'CHYS. (From kalos, beauti- 

 ful, and stachys, a flower-spike, Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae], Linn., 

 W'Decandria, \-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Oxylobium). Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs, except where otherwise specified. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened side shoots in 

 April, in sand, under a bell-glass; sandy 

 peat, fibry loam, and a little charcoal. 

 Summer temp., 55 to 70 ; winter, 40 



C. cunea'ta ( wedge- Jeaed). 3. Yellow. July. 

 New Holland. 1824. 



lanceola'ta (spear- leaved). 4. Yellow. June. 



New Holland. 1815. 



linaricefo'lia (Toad-flax-leaved). 6. Yel- 



low. June. New Holland. 1824. 



linea'ris (narrow-beared). 2. Red. Octo- 



ber. Swan River. 1838. 



longifo'lia (long-leaved). 5, Red yellow. 



June. Swan River. 1839. 



ova'ta (egg-shape-Jeowd). 4. Yellow. June. 



New Holland. 1815. 



retu'sa (jagged-ended-teared). 4. Yellow. 



July. New Holland, 1830. 



CALLISTE'MMA. China-Aster. .(From 

 kalistos, most beautiful, and stemma, a 

 jrown. Nat. ord., Composites [Astera- 

 36e]. Linn., \-Syngenesia, 2-Superflua). 

 This is the common name for the China- 

 Asters: Cassini, its author, however 

 changed it to Cattistephus, but as botan- 

 sts acknowledge that the whole order, 

 is now arranged, is but " a temporary 

 tevice," and that "the genera are need- 

 essly multiplied," we adopt the more 

 ommon name until the whole order is 

 e-arranged. Hardy annuals. Seeds, 

 own in a slight hotbed in March, hard- 

 ned and transplanted in May. If 

 ricked out in a similar way to celery, 

 hey will well repay the labour. Seeds 

 lay also be sown at the end of April, 

 rhere the plants are to bloom ; an open 



