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green trees. Cuttings of half- ripened 

 shoots, under glass, and in a moist bot- 

 tom heat. Summer temp., 60 to 85 ; 

 winter, 50 to 55. 



C. coromandelia' na (Coromandel). 15. Yel- 

 low. April. Coromandel. 1803. 



scabre'lla (roughish). 10. Yellow. Ne- 



paul. 1820. 



CO'LCHICUM. Meadow Saffron. (Named 

 after Colchis, its native country, in Asia 

 Minor. Nat. ord., Melanths [Melanth- 

 aceoe]. Linn., 6-Hezandria, Z-Trigynia). 

 Dr. Lindley says, " Few orders of plants 

 are more universally poisonous than this." 

 G. autumnale, a gout medicine, is a viru- 

 lent poison. Hardy herbaceous bulbs. 

 Offsets, planted in common border. 



C. alpi'num (Alpine). . Purple. July. 

 Apennine. 1820. 



arena' rium (sand). \. Purple. Septem- 



ber. Hungary. 1816. 



autumna'le (autumnal). Common meadow 



saffron. 1. Purple. September. 

 Britain. 



a'lbum (white-flowered). . White. 



September. Britain. 



atropurpu'reum (dark purple). |. 



Dark purple. September. Britain. 



f of His - variega'tis (variegated - 



leaved). . Purple. September. 

 Britain. 



flo'replefno (double-flowered) . . 



Purple. September. Britain. 



. purpu'reo - stria'tum (purple - 



striped). . Purple-striped. Sep- 

 tember. Britain. 



stria! turn-pit? no (striped-double). 



\. Lilac-striped. September. Bri- 

 tain. 



byzanti'num (Byzantine). \. Purple. Sep- 



tember. Levant. 1629. 



chionefnse (Chio). \. Purple. November. 



Chio. 



crociflo'rum (Crocus-flowered). 1|. Purple. 



August. South Europe. 



monta'num (mountain). J. Purple. Au- 



gust. South Europe. 1819. 



tessella'tuin (chequered). {. Purple. Au- 



gust. South Europe. 1600. 



umbro'sum (shaded). }. Pink. Septem- 



ber. Guinea. 1819. 



variega'tum (variegated - flowered}. \. 



Purple. September. Greece. 1629. 



COLDE'NIA. (Named after C. Golden, 

 a North American botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Cliretiads [Chretiacece], Linn., 4 - Te- 

 trandria, 3-Tric/ynia. Allied to the 

 Heliotrope). Stove trailing annual. 

 Seeds, sown in hotbed in March, and 

 flowers in the greenhouse in summer. 

 Light rich soil. 



C. procitmbens (lying down). 2. White. July. 

 East Indies. 1699. 



CO'LEA. (Named after General Cole, 

 governor of the Mauritius. Nat. ord., 

 Crescentiads [Crescentiaceae]. Linn., 14- 

 Didynamia, 1-A.ngiospermia. Allied to 

 the Calabash -tree). Stove evergreen 

 shrub. Cuttings of ripe shoots, in sand, 

 under a glass, and in moist bottom heat ; 

 peat and loam, both fibry, and mixed 

 with a little sand and charcoal. Sum- 

 mer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 48 to 

 55. 



C.floribufnda (abundant-flowering). 8. Yel- 

 low. August. Madagascar. 1839. 



COLEBKO'OKIA. (Named after If. F. 

 Colebrooke, a botanist. Nat. Ord., La- 

 biates [Lamiacese]. Linn., \k-Didynamia, 

 1-Angiospermia. Allied to Mint). Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of 

 half ripe shoots in April or May ; sandy 

 peat, and fibry loam. Winter temp. 

 40 to 45. 

 C. oppositifo'lia (opposite-leaved). 3. White. 



Nepaul. 1820. 

 ternlfo'lia (three-leafleted-leaved) . 3. White. 



COLEONE'MA. (From Koleos, a sheath, 

 and nema, filament ; in reference to the 

 way the filaments, or anther threads, 

 are combined with the base of the flower. 

 Nat. ord., Rueworts [Rutaceae]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria, \-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Diosma). Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, 

 from Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of 

 young shoots, getting firm at the base, 

 in sand, under a bell-glass ; peat one 

 part, loam two parts, with sand to 

 keep it open. "Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 C. a'lba (white). 2. White. June. 1798. 



pu'lchrum (beautiful). 6. Hose. May. 



tenuifo'lium (slender-leaved). Rose. March. 



COLESAT or COLESEED. Bra'ssica 

 campdstris olei'fera. 



COLEUS. From Koleos, a sheath ; re- 

 ferring to the way that the bottom of 

 the stamens, or anther threads, are 

 combined. Nat. ord., Labiates [La- 

 miaceae]. Linn., \k-Didynamia, \-Gym- 

 nospennia. Allied to Plectranthus). 

 Evergreen shrubs. Cuttings in sand, 

 in heat. Loam and peat. Summer 

 temp, for the stove species, 60 to 80 ; 

 Winter, 50 to 55. For the other, 

 common greenhouse temperatures. 



C. aroma'Ucus (aromatic). 2. Violet. May. 

 India. 1826. Stove. 



barba'tiis (bearded). 3. Blue. October. 



Abyssinia. 1806. Stove. 



