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other fruit trees, they are apt to produce 

 an inconvenient amount of young spray, 

 in the interior of the tree especially. All 

 shoots of this character should be dressed 

 away during the rest season; and all that 

 are obviously not placed in a position to 

 receive the influence of light and air. Most 

 of these must be spurred back, leaving a 

 couple of inches of the base, which gene- 

 rally becomes a nucleus of spurs ; and, al- 

 though not well placed to produce fruit of 

 the highest amount of flavour, yet they 

 are sometimes of importance in inclement 

 seasons ; for we not unfrequently find a 

 sprinkling of fruit in such situations, 

 when all round the outside is barren. 

 Orchard cherry trees, which have to re- 

 ceive nets occasionally, will, as strength 

 increases, require the removal of some of 

 the coarsest and most unyielding shoots ; 

 for, were they permitted to extend them- 

 selves without control, the amount of 

 netting required to cover them would 

 become a rather serious item, and a 

 drawback on their culture. Such un- 

 ruly shoots, therefore, should be timely 

 removed ; for amputations of the large 

 limbs should always be avoided in the 

 cherry, and indeed in all trees liable to 

 extravasation of sap. By a timely re- 

 moval of such shoots, and by the occa- 

 sional use of rope yarn or other fasten- 

 ings, the tree may be kept in a somewhat 

 compact form. 



CERATI'OLA. (From a diminutive 

 of keras, a horn ; in reference to the 

 stigma radiating into four divisions like 

 little horns, as in the Carnation. Nat. 

 ord., Crowberries [Empetraceae]. Linn., 

 21-Moncecia,, \-monandria}. The Crow- 

 berries are a small group of little bushes 

 with heath-like leaves which are ever- 

 green. The most of them inhabit the 

 bleak and inhospitable regions both in 

 Europe and in North America. Half- 

 hardy under-shrub. Cuttings in sandy 

 soil, under a glass in a mild bottom heat. 

 Sandy peat and a little very fibry loam. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. 



C. erlcoi'dcs (heath-like). 2. Brown. June. 

 North America. 1826. 



CERATODA' CTYLIS. (From Jeeras, ahorn, 



and dactylos, a finger ; alluding to the 



divisions of the fronds. Nat. ord., Ferns 



[Polypodiaceae]. Linn., 24-Cryptoffamia } 



15 



\-fiUces. This ought to have been united 

 to Allosorus}. Stove Fern. Divisions ; 

 peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 90 ; winter, 50 to 55. 



C.osmundoi'des (Osmunda-like). Brown, June. 

 Mexico. 



CERATO'NIA. CarobTree. (Frommw, 

 a horn; in reference to the shape of 

 the seed pods. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 plants [Panaceas]. Linn., 1%-Polygamia, 

 2-dicecia. Allied to Gleditschia). This 

 is believed to be the Locust Tree of Scrip- 

 ture. " The dry pulp in which the seeds 

 are buried is very nutritious, and is sup- 

 posed to have been the food of St. John 

 in the wilderness ; wherefore it is called 

 the Locust Tree, and St. John's Bread." 

 Lindley. The North American Locust- 

 tree and the Locust-tree of the West 

 Indies, are different from each other, 

 and from the Locust-tree of Scripture. 

 Greenhouse tree, hardly worth culture. 

 Cuttings of ripe shoots, in sand, under a 

 hand-glass. Sandy loam. 



C.si'liqua (podded). 15. Red, yellow. Sep- 

 tember. Levant. 1570. 



CERATOPE'TALUM. Red Gum Tree. 

 (From keras, a horn, and petalon, a petal ; 

 the j>etals being jagged or like a stag's 

 horn. Nat. ord., Cunoniads [Cunonia- 

 ceae]. Linn., IQ-Decandria, \-monogynia). 

 Greenhouse tree. Cuttings, under a 

 bell-glass, in sand; rich sandy loam. 

 Summer temp., 55 to 75; winter, 35 

 to 45. 



C. gummi'ferum (gum-bearing). 50. Yellow. 

 New Holland. 1820. 



CERATOSTE'MA. (From keras, a horn, 

 and sterna, a stamen. Nat. ord., Cran- 

 berries [Vacciniaceae]. Linn., W-Decan- 

 dria, \-monoyynia. Allied to Thibaudia 

 and Cavendishia). Stove plant. Divi- 

 sions ; layers. Peaty soil. 



(7. longiflo'rum (long - flowered). Crimson- 

 Peru. 1846. 



CE'RBERA. (Named after the fabled 

 dog Cerberus. Nat. ord., Dogbanes [Apo- 

 cynaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentandria. \-mono- 

 gynia. Allied to Plumiera). Stove 

 evergreens. Cuttings of young rather 

 ripe shoots, in April, in sand, under a 

 glass, and in bottom heat. Rich fibry 

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

 ter, 48 to 55. 



