Cyelopia 



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Cymbidium 



CYCLOPIA. 



South African shrubs (ord. Leguminosoe), with 

 small leaves and yellow, Broom-like flowers. 

 They should be treated like the greenhouse species 

 of Cytisus. Genistoides, 2', April, yellow, is the 

 principal, species. 



CYCNOCHES. (SWAN ORCHID.) 

 Description. In very few genera are the curious 

 and the beautiful so well joined as in Cycnoches 



CX'CNOCHES BAEBATfM. 



(urd Orchidacese), the members of which are 

 generally known as Swan Orchids, owing to the 

 gracefully arched column representing the neck 

 and head, and the reflexed sepals and petals repre- 

 senting the body of a swan. 



Cultural Points. So closely allied are these 

 Orchids to Catasetums (which see) that they thrive 

 under similar conditions. Briefly stated, they 

 need a season of decided rest; they should be 

 grown in a stove, and baskets are better than pots ; 

 mnss, crocks, and a little fibrous peat form a suit- 

 able rooting medium. Water freely when growth 

 is vigorous. Propagate by dividing the pseudo- 

 bulbs. 



Principal Species : 

 ehlorochilum, '2', Je., 



greenish yel. 



Other Species : 

 aureura, 1', yel. 

 barbatum (correctly Poly- 



cycnis barbata'l. 

 Cummingii, 1', Je., wh., 



yel. 



peutadactyloit, \\' , Mch., 

 Ap., yel., br. Hand- 

 some when in flower. 



egertonianum, '!', aut., 

 ' pur., grn., pk. 

 Lehinannii, 9", nut., 

 salmon, or. (now Lued- 

 demnunia Lehmannii). 



Cyclodium (gee Aspidium). 

 Cyclonemn (see Clertidendrim). 

 Cyclnpeltis (see Aspidium). 

 Cymatlon (see Ornithugloumiit). 



Pescatorci (now Lucdde- 



mauiiia Pescatorei). 

 rossiamim, gru., wh. 

 veutricosuin, 'I', Jr., 



Aug., grn., yel., wh. ; 

 , sweet, 

 versicolor, 1', Je.. Jy., 



gru., br., wh., yel. 

 Wiirscewiczii, 1', Oct., 



grn. 



Loddigesii, 1', My., br., 



wh., pur. 

 leucocliilum, 1', Jo., 



yel., wh. 

 nmculatum, 1', Je., buff, 



pur. 

 musciferum, 1', spr., br. 



(now Polycycuis mus- 



cifera). 

 peruviauum, 9", My., Jc., 



grn., pur., br., wh. 



CYDONIA. (QUINCE.) 



Hardy, deciduous shrubs or trees (ord. Rosacea:), 

 ow included with Pyrus (which see). 



CYLISTA. 



Tropical climbing plants (ord. Leguminosse), 

 with woody stems and bright yellow and red, Pea- 

 shaped flowers, requiring a stove temperature and 

 plenty of room. Cuttings may be rooted in sandy 

 soil in a warm, close case. A mixture of fibrous 

 loam and peat suits. 



Principal Species : 

 scuriosa, 4', My., yel., red. villosa, 6', Ap., yel. 



CYMBIDIUM. 



Description. Not many of the thirty or more 

 species of Cj mbidium (ord. Orchidaceic) described 

 are of first rate horticultural value, but those of 

 more than botanical interest are among the most 

 popular of Orchids. All are evergreen, and of 

 tufted habit, the leaves being long and gracefully 

 recurved, proceeding in some cases from short, 

 thick pseudo-bulbs. The flowers are of largo size, 

 fleshy, and very lasting ; in the case of eburneum 

 they are white, and usually borne singly on erect 

 peduncles; in lowianum they are numerous, and 

 carried on an arching spike 3' long. 



Cultural Points. Most of th6 species grow and 

 flower best in an intermediate temperature, but 

 lowianum is essentially a cool Orchid, and it is 

 only since it has been treated as such that it has 



CYMBIDH-'M LOWIAXUM (see j). -1('~). 



become really popular. It suffers no harm if it 

 experiences a degree or two of frost during mid- 

 winter, though a minimum temperature of 45 

 should be provided. Having thick, lieshy roots, 

 Cymbidiums require fairly large receptacles, and 



