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must, during frosts, have the protection 

 of litter to be removed, however,, during 

 mild weather. As the seed ripens in 

 August, which is known by its turning 

 brown, each umbel should be cut; other- 

 wise, much of the seed is often lost 

 during stormy weather. It must be 

 thoroughly dried by exposure to the sun 

 and air, before it is rubbed out for stor- 

 ing. For sowing, the seed should always 

 be of the previous year's growth; if it is 

 more than two years old it will not vege- 

 tate at all. 



Insects. The carrot is liable to the 

 attacks of the wireworm (see Elater), 

 as well as of those next mentioned. 



CARROT MAGGOT. Psila rosce. The 

 parent fly is dark, with a metallic green 

 lustre, and rather hairy ; head, reddish 

 yellow; legs, yellow; wings, very trans- 

 parent. Very much resembles the A.n- 

 thomyia. The grub or maggot is cylin- 

 drical and yellow ; it eats holes in the 

 main root of the carrot. This under- 

 ground enemy of the carrot is said to be 

 banished by mixing spirits of tar with 

 sand until saturated, and applying it to 

 the soil previously to digging, at the rate 

 of about one gallon to sixty square 

 yards, but we find trenching and manur- 

 ing, as we have directed, a sufficient 

 protective. 



CARROT MOTH. See Tinea. 



CA'RTHAMUS. (From quartom, to 

 paint, in the Arabic ; referring to the 

 flowers yielding a fine colour. Nat. ord., 

 a section of Composites [Asteraceoe]. 

 Linn., \$-Syngenesia,, \-JEqualis). Hardy 

 annuals. Seeds, sown in April where 

 they are to grow, or in a slight hotbed 

 in March, and then planted out; com- 

 mon soil. 



C. oxyaca'ntha (sharp-spined). 2. Yellow. 



July. Caucasus. 1818. 

 tincto'rius (dyer's). 3. Orange. June. 



Egypt. 1551. 



CARTONE'MA. (From Jcartos, shorn, 

 and nema, a filament ; referring to the 

 formation of the filaments, or threads, 

 which support the pollen bags. Nat. 

 ord., Spiderworts [Commelynaceae]. 

 Linn., 6 - Hexandria, 1 - Monogynia). 

 Greenhouse herbaceous perennial. Seeds 

 sown in slight hotbed ; light loam and 

 sandy peat ; requires the protection of a 

 greenhouse, or a warm situation. 



C. spica'tum (spiked). 1. Blue. July. New 

 Holland. 1822. 



CA'RTJM. Caraway. (From Caria, in 

 Asia Minor, where it was first disco- 

 vered. Nat. ord., Umbellifers [Apiaceae], 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria, 1-digynia. Allied to 

 the weed Ammi). The seed of C. Carui 

 is our caraway, esteemed for its aro- 

 matic qualities. Hardy biennials. Seeds; 

 open ground, in March or April. Com- 

 mon soil. 



C. ca'rui (common). 2. White. May. Britain. 



verticilla'tum (whorl-leaved). 1. White. 



July. Britain. This species is re- 

 moved here from Sison, a genus of 

 weeds. 



CA'RYA. Hickory. (The Greek name 

 for the Walnut, so named on account of 

 Carya, daughter of Dion, king of La- 

 conia, said to have been changed by 

 Bacchus into a Walnut tree. Nat. ord., 

 Juglans [Juglandacesel. Linn., 21-Jfo- 

 ncecia, 9-polyandria). This is the Hickory 

 so celebrated in North America for the 

 purposes of the cabinet maker. Their 

 best chairs they call their Hickories. 

 Hardy deciduous trees. Seeds ; the nut 

 should be sown where the tree is in- 

 tended to stand ; layers, and grafting on 

 the Walnut. Good common soil. 



C. a'lba (white. Shell bark Hickory). 30. 

 April. 1629. 



ama'ra (bitter-nut). 30. May. 1800. 



compre'ssa (compressed-fruited) . 30. April. 



1730. 



lacinio'sa (jagged). 30. April. 



microca'rpa (small-fruited). 30. April. 



obcorda' ta (reversed - heart - shaped) . 30. 



May. 1812. 



olivcefo'rmis (olive-shaped). 30. April. 



porci'na (hog-nut}. 30. May. 1799. 

 ffla'bra (smooth). May. 



sulca' ta (furrowed). 30. April. 1804. 



tomentt/sa (woolly). 30. April. 

 ma'xima (greatest fruited). 60. 



May. 



CARYO'CAR. Butter Nut. (From 

 karyon, a nut : in reference to its fruit. 

 Nat. ord., Rhizobok [Rhizobolaceael. 

 Linn., 13- Polyandria, ^.-tetragynia). 

 Two genera of immensely large trees, 

 bearing large flowers and edible nuts, 

 constitute the whole of this small Order. 

 The Suwarrow (Sauari) nuts of the 

 shops are the produce of the C. nuciferum. 

 Oil not inferior to olive oil is extracted 

 from the kernels. Cuttings in sand, in 

 heat under glass. Loam and peat. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 50 to 55, 



