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Culture during the growing period. 

 Very little is requisite after the regular 

 winter priming, unless it be the ex- 

 tirpation of suckers, and the removal 

 during summer of those loose and ill- 

 placed watery growths, which only 

 serve to confuse and darken the tree. 

 We may here notice, that some little 

 training may be necessary for those 

 under a dwarfing system in small gar- 

 dens, in order to bring them into a 

 compact and handsome shape. 



Culture during the rest period. Com- 

 mencing with the training when young. 

 They are best in single stems of about 

 two feet in height ; and the head should 

 branch off equally, to accomplish which, 

 some pruning back is requisite during 

 the first year or two, whilst the head is 

 forming, and the latter should be kept 

 thin in the centre. When the trees are 

 well established an annual pruning 

 should be resorted to, consisting of still 

 keeping the centre of the bush some- 

 what open, and in thinning out any 

 cross shoots and superfluous spray. It 

 must be observed, that the fruit is pro- 

 duced on shoots of the preceding year, 

 and generally on portions \vhich have 

 been well exposed to the light. Any 

 coarse or robust shoots should be 

 shortened back nearly half their 

 length ; these will frequently produce 

 axillary branches of a fruitful charac- 

 ter. Do not prune until the blossoms 

 are showing; this will be about the be- 

 ginning of February. The female 

 blossom is like a minute brush, of a 

 pinkish colour; the male is the well- 

 known catkin. In pruning, much re- 

 gard must be paid to these blossoms 

 especially the female ; scarcely a twig 

 may be cut away containing them. This 

 makes it evident that most of the 

 pruning, or, perhaps rather, thinning, 

 requisite, should have been well carried 

 out prior to the commencement of 

 IVuii fulness. 



It often happens, that filbert-trees 

 will possess female blossoms with few 

 or no male catkins. When such is the 

 case there Mall be no crop, unless 

 means bo taken to bring the male 

 farina within their reach. Catkins 

 must be sought about the period when 

 the nmle dust is just beginning to 



burst. Branches containing these, may 

 be tied here and there amongst the 

 bushes most needing them. It matters 

 not what kind of nut they are from ; 

 probably the wild haxel is best. 



Fruit ; how to keep. When gathered, 

 the fruit must be kept in jars, in a cool 

 cellar, with husks on. If it is de- 

 sired to impart a fine fresh-looking 

 colour to the husks, they must be 

 placed in a close vessel, and a small 

 pan of sulphur gently burned, or rather 

 smouldered beneath them. 



Insects. See Ciirculio nucum, and 

 Aphis coryli. 



CORYMBS, a spike of flowers, the 

 flower-stalks of which are longer in 

 proportion as they stand lower down 

 the main stalk supporting them, so 

 that the flowers are with a top nearly 

 level. Those of 8pir<ea opulifolia, and 

 of the Mountain Ash, are examples. 



CORYNE'LTA (From korynf, a club; 

 referring to the shape of the style. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Faba- 

 cere]. Linn., 11 -Diadelphia -i-Decan- 

 dria. Allied to Clianthus). 



Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings in sand, 

 under a glass, and in bottom heat; peat and 

 loam; summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 50 



to 55. 



; C. polyu'ntha (many-flowered). 5. Purple. 



West Indies. 1824. 



CORYOCA'RPVS (From koryne, a club, 



and carpos, a fruit ; referring to the 



I form of the fleshy seed. Nat. ord., 



1 Ardlsads [Myrsinacete]. Linn., r>- 



PrntdUflria I-Monoyynia. Allied to 



I Theophrasta). 



Greenhouse evergreen tree; readily increased 

 i by layers in light rich soil. 



; C. leeciga'tus (smooth). 20. White. New 

 Zealand. 1823. 



CORY'PIIA. Fan Palm. (From K-ory- 

 \ phe, the summit ; in reference to the 

 ; leaves growing in tufts on the top of 



this palm. Nat. ord., Palms [Pal- 

 maceo 1 ]. Linn., (\-Hexandria \-Mono- 

 f/ijnia}. 



Stove Palms, except where otherwise men- 

 tioned ; soil, rich sandy loam ; increased by 

 i seeds. 



C. Austra'lis (southern). 50. New Holland. 

 1824. Greenhouse. 



elu'ta (tall). 150. East Indies. 1S25. 



glauce'sccns (milky- green). 100. East 



Indies. 1820. 



Jieterophy'lltts (various-leaved). Danube. 



1829. Greenhouse. 



