CRA 



CRA 



Nat. ord., Eoseworts [Rosaceoe]. Linn., 

 12-Icosandria 3~Trigynia. Allied to 

 Greum). 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Sandy peat 

 and loam ; propagated by cuttings under glass, 

 in heat, but not easily. 



C. plica'ta (plaited-lcaved). 2. Red. June. 

 Mexico. 



COWBERRY. T'acci'n'ntm vi'tis-idae'a. 



COWDIE PINE. Damma'ra austra'lls. 



COW-DUNG. See Dung. 



COW-GRASS. TriJ'o'lium me'diiim. 



COW-HERB. Sapona'ria vacca'ria. 



COW-ITCH. Mucu'na u'rens. 



COW-ITCH CHEERY. Malpi'ghia u'rens. 



COW-PARSNIP. Herach'-um. 



COWSLIP. Fri'mula ve'ris. There 

 are several varieties, varying in colour 

 from almost white to a very deep yel- 

 low ; some are single, Imt others are 

 double, in the form that florists distin- 

 guish as hose-in-hose, the calyx in these 

 being converted into a corolla. Some 

 specimens will produce one hundred 

 pips upon a single truss, and they have 

 been known to yield even more than 

 one hundred and fifty. The cultivation 

 is the same as that of the Polyanthus. 



COW-TREE. Bro'simiun. 



CRAB, or Wild Apple. Pi/'rus ace'rla. 



CRAMBE. Sea-kale. (The Greek 

 name for Sea-kale. Nat. ord., Cruclfcrs 

 [Brassicaceee], Linn., In-Tetrad yna- 

 m/'a). 



The Tartar bread, or large fleshy roots of 

 Crambe tatarica, is eaten in Hungary in slices, 

 with oil, salt, and vinegar. Hardy herbaceous 

 rooted perennials, of easy growth in rich garden 

 soil by root-division, or seeds sown in March. 

 C. cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 6. White. May. 

 Caucasus. 1822. 



ju'ncea (rush-like). 2. White. May. Iberia. 



1828. 



mari'tima (common sea-A'a/e). l. White. 



May. Britain. 



Tata'rifin (Tartarian). 3. White. June. 



Siberia. 1754. 



CRAMBE MAKITIMA or SKA - KALE 

 should be grown in an open situation. 

 It is readily increased by division of its 

 roots, or by seeds, which is the best 

 mode. Seeds sown towards the end of 

 INI arch, or beginning of April, in a well 

 manured and deeply trenched soil, and 

 lined out into four-feet beds, and with 

 two-feet alleys between. Sow the seeds 

 in patches two feet distant from patch 

 to patch. The patches should be made 



by drawing a circular drill about eight 

 inches in diameter, and two inches 

 deep. Place therein about eight seeds 

 at equal distances round, and Avlien the 

 seedlings are up and well established, 

 they should be thinned out, leaving 

 from three to four plants in each patch, 

 at equal distances, to form the crop. 

 If the plantation be made from one- 

 year-old plants, then three plants should 

 be planted triangularly in each patch, 

 the patches as before directed, two feet 

 distant from each other. If the plan- 

 tation is made with pieces or slips of 

 crowns, which will do nearly as well, 

 plant in the same way, and the best 

 times are the end of March or be- 

 ginning of April. Should the wea- 

 ther be dry, watering will be required. 

 With good attention to earth-stirring 

 during the summer months, the plants 

 will be sufficiently strong to force the 

 following season, and may remain to 

 cut from for many years. 



In soAving for transplanting, the drills 

 should be at least two feet from drill to 

 drill, and two inches deep, and seeds 

 about five inches apart in the drill, and 

 the seedlings attended to as before, 

 during the summer. 



To force Sea-kale. Some prefer 

 taking up plants either one or more 

 year old, and placing the roots care- 

 fully on a gentle hotbed made up for 

 the purpose, or carefully planting them 

 in pots or boxes to be placed in other 

 warm structures, of course in either 

 case to be kept in the dark; but we 

 prefer in all cases to force this veget- 

 able in the open ground, by inverting 

 pots over the crowns, and covering over 

 them dung or leaves. If dung is em- 

 ployed, it should be well worked, as for 

 other forcing purposes, but the best 

 materials for covering the crowns and 

 pots, are leaves which we yearly col- 

 lect in a corner for the purpose ; no 

 turning over is requisite ; a dry calm 

 day should always be chosen for cover- 

 ing up, and the whole of the work 

 should be done at the same time, first 

 placing the pots all ready to suit each 

 crown, then with the lime bag give 

 each crown a good dusting over with 

 quick-lime, which will destroy all 

 worms and slugs ; put on the pots im- 



