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C.pu'mila (dwarf). 12. Green yellow. July. 

 North America. 1699. 



v<? sea (Spanish edible). 50. Green. June. 

 England. 



asplenifo'lia (asplenium-leaved) . 50. 



Green. May. Europe. 



cochlea' ta (spiral). Green. May. 



coralli'na variega'ta (coral-varie- 

 gated). Green. May. 1846. 



uculla'ta (hooded). Green. May. 



1846. 

 foliis atfreis (golden-leaved). 50. 



Green. June. 

 gla'bra (smooth-leaved). Green. 



May. 



glau'ca (milky-green). Green. June. 



lu'cida (shining-leaved) . Green. 



May. 1846. 

 me 1 dia (intermediate). 50. Green. 



June. Europe. 

 Pri'ncei (Prince's). Green. May. 



1846. 



ptfmila (dwarf). Green. May. 1846. 



variega'ta (variegated4eaed) . Green. 



May. 



Chestnut (Spanish or Sweet). This, 

 the Castanea vesca of the above genus, in 

 the southern parts of England is culti- 

 vated for its fruit as well as for the value 

 of its timber, which is in good esteem. 

 There are several varieties in cultivation 

 in this country, and of course many in 

 France and Italy. About twenty foreign 

 varieties may be found in the catalogue 

 of the Horticultural Society ; but the 

 Downton, and the Prolific, or Devonshire, 

 are at present most esteemed, probably 

 as being somewhat hardier, and therefore 

 well adapted to our climate, which is not 

 capable of producing the fruit in that 

 high degree of perfection of which it is 

 susceptible in the warm and bright cli- 

 mates of Spain, Portugal, and France. 

 The Chataigne Exalade has been sug- 

 gested as particularly eligible for the 

 dwarfing system in a small garden. 



Propagation, The better sorts are pro- 

 pagated by grafting on the ordinary 

 chestnut of our nurseries, which is raised 

 from seed. 



Soil and culture. Any free upland 

 soil is adapted to its culture, provided it 

 is dry beneath, and not too adhesive. 

 For the dwarfing system we recommend 

 the platform mode, allowing only half a 

 yard in depth of soil. Little if any prun- 

 ing is necessary, the fruit being all pro- 

 duced in clusters on the extremities of 

 the shoots. No other culture is neces- 

 sary ; but a warm situation is of much 

 importance. 



Fruit seeds how to keep. It is almost 

 needless to observe that chestnuts are 

 generally eaten roasted, mostly with a 

 little salt. They are also stewed in 

 cream, and eaten with salt fish. In 

 keeping them dryness is necessary, but it 

 must be accompanied with as low a tem- 

 perature as possible. They should be taken 

 out of their exterior or rough coating as 

 soon as ripe ; and it is well to subject 

 them to an artificial heat of about sixty 

 to seventy degrees in a warm room for a 

 couple of days afterwards. They may 

 then be packed away in dry sand or dust, 

 and placed in a very cold but dry room 

 or cellar, where they will keep for 

 months. They are very exciteable as to 

 sprouting, a very little moisture with 

 warmth will bring on germination. 



CASTANOSPE'RMUM. Moreton Bay 

 Chestnut. (From Castanea, the chestnut, 

 and sperma, a seed. Nat. ord., Legumi- 

 nousplants [Fabacese]. Linn., W-I)ecan- 

 dria, \-monogynia. Allied to Sophora). 

 Greenhouse evergreen ; seeds when pro- 

 curable ; layers and cuttings ; deep loamy 

 soil ; greenhouse or conservative wall. 

 C. austra'le (southern). 40. Saffron. New 

 Holland. 1828. 



CASTE' LEA. (After an author named 

 Castel. Nat. ord., Ochnads [Ochnacese]. 

 Linn., 8-Octandria, \-Monogynia. Al- 

 lied to Elvasia). The Goatbust, C. 

 Nicholsoni, is as bitter as Quassia. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of rather 

 firm shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 and in bottom heat ; peat and loam. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 50 

 to 55. 

 C. ertfcta (upright). 4. West Indies 1821. 



Nicholso'ni (Nicholson's). 4. Copper. An- 



tigua. 1830. 



CASTTLLE'JA. (Named after a Spanish 

 botanist of that name. Nat. ord., Fig- 

 worts [Scrophulariacese]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia, 1-Angiospermia. Allied to 

 Euphrasia). The stove species by cut- 

 tings of half-ripe shoots, in sand, in 

 bottom heat, under a glass; loam and 

 peat. Summer temp., 60 to 80 ; win- 

 ter, 50 to 55. Hardy species, seeds, 

 and divisions of the roots ; peaty sandy 

 soil. 



C. integrifo'lia (whole-leaved). 1. South 

 America. 1825. Stove evergreen. 



lithospermoi'des (Gromwell-like) . Scarlet. 



August. Mexico. 1848. Greenhouse. 



