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sents the larva, pupa, and beetle of their 

 natural size. The beetle is of a shining 

 green colour above, and the wing-sheaths 

 dotted with white. Beneath, the body 

 and head are coppery red. Tlie Cottage 

 Gardener, iii. 341. 



This beetle is most severely felt by 

 the gardener when it attacks the blos- 

 soms of his strawberries, which it does 

 in May or June ; but it also attacks 

 the whitethorn, candytuft, elder, moun- 

 tain-ash, and poeony, the flowers of 

 which it feeds upon. The female rose- 

 chafers often lay their eggs in the ground, 

 and the larvae they produce are no doubt 

 often confounded with those of the cock- 

 chafer (Helolontha vulgaris), being as 

 large and very similar. 



CHABR^E'A. (In honour of D. Chau- 

 Irey, a Genevese botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Composites [Asteracese]. Linn., \$-Syn- 

 genesia, \-cequalis . 



C. runcina'ta (rimcinate). li. White. June. 

 Chili. 1844. 



CHJENA'NTHE. (From chaino, to gape, 

 and antltos, a flower. Nat. ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidaceae]. Linn., IQ-Gynandria, 1- 

 monandria). Stove orchid. Offsets and 

 divisions, placed in a very shallow bas- 

 ket with sphagnum ; or tied to a block 

 of wood, and suspended in a high tem- 

 perature and moist atmosphere ; cool 

 and dry in winter. Summer temp., 60 

 to 90 ; winter, 50 to 60. 

 C.Barke'ri (Barker's). Para. 1837. 



CH^ENE'STES. (From chaino, to gape ; 

 in allusion to the flower's mouth. Nat. 

 ord., Nightshades [Solanaceae]. Linn., 5- 

 fentandria, 1 - Monogynia. Allied to 

 Lycium). A stove evergreen shrub, 

 propagated by cuttings in spring, in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, with bottom 

 heat. Sandy loam and fibry peat Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80 ; winter, 45 to 55. 

 C. lanceola'ta (spear-head-/ewd). 5. Purplish 

 brown. July. Quindiu. 1846. 



CHJENO'STOMA. (From chaino, to gape, 

 and stoma, a mouth ; in reference to the 

 wide opening of the tube or bottom part 

 of the flower. Nat. ord., Figworts 

 [Scrophulariacea3]. Linn., 14 - Didy- 

 namia, l-angiospcrmia). All natives of 

 Cape of Good Hope. Seeds sown in 

 March in a hotbed, and transplanted to 

 the flower garden in May ; and cuttings 



taken off in August and September, and 

 potted in a greenhouse or cold pit, to be 

 transplanted the following season. 



GREENHOUSE ANNUALS. 

 C.fattida (fetid). 1. White. June. 1794. 



villo'sa (long-haired). 1. White. June. 1783. 



GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 

 C. corda' ta (heart-shaped- leaved). 1|. White. 

 June. 1816. 



hi'spida (bristly). 1. White. July. 1816. 



polya'ntha (many-flowered), f. Lilac, yel- 



low. June. 1844. 



CH^ETANTHE'RA. (From chaite, a 

 bristle, an& anther, an anther or pollei - 

 bag ; the anthers being furnished with 

 tufts of bristly hairs. Nat. ord., Com- 

 posites [Asteraceae]. Linn., \-Syngenesia, 

 1-superflua. Allied to Mutisia). All na- 

 tives of Chili, and half-hardy herbaceous 

 perennials except C. limaris. Division of 

 the roots, in March or April. C. limaris 

 by seed. Peat and loam. Protection of 

 Greenhouse or cold pit in winter. 



C. chile" mis (Chilian). 1. July. 1827. An- 

 nual. 



cilia' t a (hair-fringed). 2. July. 1822. 



linea'ris (narrow -leaved}. Yellow. July. 



1837. Annual. 



serra'ta (saw- leaved). . Yellow. July. 



1827. 



tenuifu'lia (fine -leaved). Yellow. July. 



1827. 



CH^TO' CALYX. (From chaite, a bristle, 

 and Jcalyx, a flower envelope ; in refer- 

 ence to the calyx being furnished with 

 bristles. Nat. ord., Leguminous plants 

 [Fabaceae]. Linn., \1-Liadelphia, 4- 

 decandria. Allied to Hedysaruin). Stove 

 evergreen twiner. Cuttings of ripe 

 shoots in heat. Peat and loam. Summer 

 temp., 60 to 85 ; winter, 45 to 55. 



Ci vincent? na (St. Vincent's). 6. Yellow. June. 

 St. Vincent. 1823. 



CH^TOGA'STRA. (From cliaite, a bristle, 

 and gastron, a cavity ; referring to the 

 cavities between the apex of the ovary 

 and the bottom of the calyx being fur- 

 nished with hairy scales. Nat. ord., Me- 

 lastomads [Melastomaceae]. Linn., 10- 

 Decandria, \-monogynia. Allied to Os- 

 bekia). Seeds in hotbed, in March; 

 and cuttings in sandy soil in heat. Peat 

 and loam. Summer temp., 50 to 80 ; 

 winter, 45 to 55. 

 C. gra'cilis (slender). 1. Red, lilac. Brazil. 



1834. Stove perennial. 

 lanceola'ta (spear-head-teared). 1. White. 



