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. e'legans .elegant). 4. White. September. 



East Indies. 1823. 

 ensifo'lium (sword-leaved). 3. White. 



Pegu. 1819. 

 ernbe'scens (blushing). 2. Pale white. July. 



West Indies. 1/89. 



Bcrbwc'nse (Berbice). 2. White. 



July. Berbice. 181Q. 



Coranty'num (Corantyne). Pale 



red. June. South America. 1820. 

 glu'brum album (smooth-white). 



White. June. South America. 1820. 

 gla-'brum ni'bntm (smooth - red). 



Red, white. June. Maranham. 1824. 

 ma'j'us (larger). 3. Red, white. 



July. South America. 1789. 



'mi'nu s (smaller). 1$. Red, white. 



July. South America). 1/89. 



octoflo'rum (eight-flowered). White. 



June. Spanish Main. 1820. 



rubrili'mbum (red-fringed). Red. 



June. South America. 



niridifo'lium (green-leaved). 3. 



White. July. Demerara. 1819. 

 eryt /trophy 'Itiah (red-leaved). 2. Red, 



white. July. East Indies. 1825. 

 exalta'tum (lofty). 3. East Indies. 1820. 

 Forbc'si (Forbes's). Red, white. July. 



Delagoa Bay. 1824. 



formo'sum (beautiful). 2. July. Brazil. 1820. 

 giga'nteum (giant). 3. White. July. Guinea. 



1/92. 



hu'mile (low). 1. White. October. 1822. 

 insi'gne (noble). 3. Pink. November. 



East Indies. 1819. 



La'ncei (Lance's). Red, white. July. Su- 

 rinam. 1825. 

 latifo'lium (broad-leaved). 3. Pink. July. 



East Indies. 1806. 

 Lindleya'num (Lindley's). White, purple. 



June. Maranham. 1824. 

 Loddigesia'iium (Loddiges), White, purple. 



August. Mexico. 

 Paxto'ni (Paxton's). Red, white. June. 



East Indies. 

 pediola'tum (pediolate). White, purple. 



July. South Africa. 1792. 

 specta'bilc (shewy). White. July. 



Sierra Leone. 

 jiratc'nse (meadow). White. June. East 



Indies. 1810. 

 firo'ccrum (tall). 3. White. July. Pegu. 



1820. 

 purpura'scens (purplish). Purple. June. 



Fernandez Po. 182d. 

 revolu'tum (rolled-back). 14. White. June. 



Maranham. 1823. 

 ri'gidum (stiff). White. June. East Indies. 



1810. 

 sea 'brum (rough). 4. Pink. May. Azores. 



1810. 



si'nicum (Chinese). 1. White. China. 1819. 

 spccio'sum (showy). 2. Pink. July. East 



Indies. 1819. 

 atri'ctum (straight). U. White. September. 



1824. 

 siihme'rsum (submerged). 1-J. Pink. July. 



Rio Janeiro. 1820. 

 Httmittra'num (Sumatra). 3. White. July. 



Sumatra. 1810. 

 iindtila'turn (IrswoA-leavefT). 1^. White. 



November. Maranham. 1824. 



C. cenu'stum (graceful), l. White, red. July. 

 East Indies. 1821. 



verecu'ndum (ruddy). 2. Pale red. July. 



East Indies. 1820. 



Y'ucceeoi'des (Yucca-like). 2. Red, white. 



June. Guinea. 1740. 



zeyla'nicum (Ceylon). 3. Purple. July. 



Ceylon. 1771. 



(ongisty'lum (long-styled). Pale red. 



July. East Indies. 1806. 



CRISTA'RIA (From crista, a crest, the 

 form of the seed vessel. Nat. ord., 

 Mallmc icor/s | Malvaceae]. Linn., 16- 

 Moiiadelphia $-Polyit,<fri. Allied to 

 Sida). 



A very neat little hardy herbaceous perennial. 

 Peat ; cuttings during the summer months. 



C. cocci'nea (scarlet). . Scarlet. August. 

 Missouri. 1811. 



CRI'THMUM. Samphire. (From/;-/'///", 

 barley ; resemblance of the seeds to 

 barley. Nat. ord., Umbatl\fer [Api- 

 ace;v]. Linn., ^-Pentnndr'tn '2 Diyyida. 

 Allied to Seseli). 



Samphire (C. mar'Uimum) is excellent in 

 pickles, 



C. latifo'lium (broad-leaved). 1^. Yellow. 

 July. Canaries. 1780. Greenhouse 

 evergreen. 



mari'timum (sea). 1. White. August. 



Britain. Hardy herbaceous. 



Culture. Cri.thmum m<i>'ilrnnn>- 

 though a native of the sea shore, may 

 be cultivated successfully in the garden. 



#o*7. It requires a sandy rich soil 

 and the north side of a Avail. 



Propaijrit'wn. The roots may be 

 planted, or the seed sown in April ; 

 the only cultivation required being to 

 keep the plants free from weeds, and to 

 water it about twice a week with water 

 containing half an ounce of guano, and 

 one ounce of salt per gallon. 



CROCKING, is putting a piece of pot- 

 sherd over the hole at the bottom of a 

 llower-pot previously to adding the 

 drainage, etc. 



CRO'CUS. A name adopted from 

 Theophrastus. Nat, ord., Irlds [Iri- 

 dacejo]. Linn., ?>-Triamlria \-Mono- 

 (jynia}. 



Hardy bulbs. The saffron of the shops is the 

 dried stigmas of C. sativus. The Sicilian saf- 

 fron is from those of C. odorus. 



C. albiflo'rus (white-flowered). . White. 

 February. Austria. 



annula'tus (ringed). $. White. March. 



South East Europe. 1629. 



