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room, the flues or pipes may be beneath 

 the pathways, which will also be of im- 

 portance for keeping the soil in the beds 

 in a nice warm condition ; and in such 

 a house will render the flowering of many 

 of the hardier stove climbers a matter 

 of certainty. "Watering may be given 

 liberally during summer, both at bottom 

 and overhead, but in winter the plants 

 will want little if duly attended to in 

 the autumn ; yet what is given should 

 be rather warmer than the atmosphere 

 of the house. In planting, it will often 

 be necessary to make little brick pits for 

 particular plants, to prevent them occu- 

 pying too much space. 



CONTORTION. See Deformity. 



CONTRAJE'RVA ROOT. Dorste'nia con- 

 traje'rva. 



CONVALLA'RIA. Lily of the Valley. 

 (From the Latin convallis, a valley, and 

 rica, a mantle, in reference to the dense 

 covering formed by the leaves. Nat. 

 ord., Lilyworts [Liliaceae]. Linn., 6- 

 Hexandria, \-Monogynid). Hardy her- 

 baceous perennial, native of Britain. 

 Divisions ; common soil, shady situation. 



<?. mff/a'to (May). 1. White. May. 



flo're plefno (double-flowered). 1. 



White. May. 

 ru'bra (red). 1. Flesh. May. 



CONVO'LVULUS. Bindweed. (From 

 convolve, to entwine ; in reference to their 

 twining habit. Nat. ord., Bindweeds 

 [Convolvulaceae]. Linn., 5-Pentandria, 

 \-Monogynia). The roots of most of the 

 plants in this order abound in a milky 

 juice, which is acrid, and, in some cases, 

 highly purgative, as the Jalap and Scam- 

 mony plants. Cuttings, divisions, and 

 seeds of perennials ; and seeds of an- 

 nuals ; peat and loam for the greenhouse 

 and stove species, and common soil for 

 the hardy. Seeds of hardy, sown in 

 open border in March or April, or in 

 hotbed for those which need protection. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



C. donga' tus (\ong-floiver~stalkcd). 1. White. 

 July. Canaries. 1815. Twiner. 



Forska'elii (Forskael's). Blue. June. 



Egypt. 1837. 



pentapctaloi'des (five-petaled) . 1. Light 



Blue. July. Majorca. 1789. Trailer. 



stculus (Sicilian). 2. Light blue. July. 



South Europe. 16-10. Trailer. 



stri'ctus (straight). Kose. June. Egypt. 



1822. 



C. tmdllus (delicate). White. June. North 

 America. 1812. Climber. 



tricolor (three-coloured). 3. Striped. 



July. South Europe. 1629. 



albiflo'rus (white - flowered ). 1. 



White. July. South Europe. 1629. 



undula'tus (waved-tewed). White, red. 



June. South Europe. 1816. 



TENDER ANNUALS. 



C. bi' color (two-coloured). 6. White, purple. 

 July. Isle of France. 1818. Stove. 



erube'scens (blushing). 6. Pink. July. 



New South Wales. 1803. Greenhouse 

 biennial. 



evolvuloi' des (Evolvulus-like). 15. Red. 



July. South Europe. 1820. Green- 

 house. 



genicula'tus (kneed). Red. July. Aus- 



tralia. 1826. Greenhouse climber. 



hi'rtus (hairy -stalked). 3. Blue. July. 



East Indies. 1804. Stove trailer. 



macroca'rpvs (large-fruited). 10. Purple. 



July. South America. 1752. Stove 

 twiner. 



quinquefu' lius (five-leaved). 6. White. 



July. West Indies. 1807. Stove 

 climber. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 C. AlceifJlius (Alcea-leaved). Yellow, purple. 



June. Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 



Herbaceous. 

 - bryoniaifo' Urn (Bryony-leaved). 3. Pink. 



July. China. 1802. Deciduous 



twiner. 



canarie'nsis (Canary). 20. Pink. June. 



Canaries. 1690. Twiner. 



canefscens (hoary). 1. Blue. Bogota. 



1846. Twiner. 

 Cneo'rum ( Cneorum ). 3. Pink. June. 



Levant. 1640. Shrub. 

 farino'sus (mealy-stalked). 6. Pink. May. 



Madeira. 1777. Twiner. 

 Jlo'ridus (flowery). 2. Pink. August. 



Canaries. 1799. Trailer. 



Herma'nnice (Herman's). 5. White. Au- 



gust. Peru. 1799. Twiner. 



lana'tm (woolly). White. May. Levant. 



1829. Climber. 



linea'ris (narrow/earc^) . 2. Pink. June. 



South Europe. 1770. Shrub. 



pannifo'lius (cloth-leaved). 15. Blue. 



August. Canaries. 1805. Twiner. 



saxtf tills (rock). 1. White. South Eu- 



rope. 1796. Trailer. 



sco'parius (broom). 2. White. August. 



Canaries. 1733. Trailer. 



sujfrutico'sus (sub- shrubby) . 3. Pink. 



July. Madeira. 1788. Twiner. 



tenui'ssimus ; (most-slender). Lilac. July. 



Levant. Herbaceous climber. 



tilia'ceus (Lime-tree-like). 3. Purple. 



July. Brazil. 1820. Twiner. 



STOVE EVERGREENS. 



C. albivefnius (white-veined-Jetv?rf). 6. Pale 

 pink. June. Algoa. 1823. Climber. 



arbore'scens (tree -like). 10. Mexico. 



1818. Shrub. 



cilia' tus (hair-fringed). 6. Pink. July. 



Cayenne. 1816. Twiner. 



