Cynanchum 



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Cypella 



pots are better than baskets. Good drainage anil 

 a mixture of fibrous peat anil loam, rather lumpy, 

 suit them well. It is difficult to over water 

 established plants during the growing season, but 

 at other seasons a reduced supply suffices. The 

 warmth -loving species especially need careful 

 attention when repotted, or they will damp ami 

 rot speedily. Though a Cymbidium spike will 

 carry its flowers over a period of three months, 

 growers should not allow floral duration to blind 

 them to the plant's needs. Soon after all the buds 

 have expanded, cut the spike, and place the cut 

 end in a vessel of water stood among the plants 

 or in the drawing-room. For floral designs the 

 best Cymbidiums are extremely popular. Two very 

 fine hybrids are in cultivation, and hybrids are 

 yearly becoming more plentiful. Lowio-eburneum 

 and eburjieo-lowianum are both strong growers, and 

 easily managed in a cool intermediate house. 

 Principal Species and Hybrids : 



eburneo-lowianum, 1^', 

 Feb. , Ap. , creamy wh. , 

 crim. blotch on lip. 

 eburneum, l',Feb.,Mch., 



wh. , yel. crest. 

 Williamsii, H', Feb., 



Mch., wh., pur. 

 gigauteum, 2i , win. ,gni. , 



yel., pur., crim. 

 grandiflorum, 2', win., 

 yellowish grn. ,yel..crim. 

 (sun. hookerianum). 

 lowianum, 24'. yellowish 

 gm., lip crim., yel., 

 maroon. 



Other Species : 

 affine (see Cyperorchis 



Mastersii). 

 aloifolium, 1', Sep., pur., 



blk. 

 canaliculatum, 1J', Ap. , 



My., blackish pur. 

 cyperifolium, IV, Oct., 



Nov., grn., reel br. 

 devoniauum, l',Ap.,My. , 

 greenish yel., crim., 

 pur. 

 elegans (see Cyperorchis 



elegans) . 

 ensifolium, 1', win., grn., 



wh. , red, yel. ; sweet, 

 hookerianum (see grandi- 

 florum). 



Humboltii, 1J' to 3', Je., 

 yellowish gru., brown- 

 ish blk. 



CYNANCHUM. 



Hardy or tender climbers (ord. Asclepiadea;), 

 with herbaceous or sub-shrubby habit, small leaves, 

 deciduous or evergreen, and small, red, rose, or 

 white flowers in umbels. They are increased by- 

 division of the stools in spring, and grow readily 

 in any good soil. The tender speck's arc rarely 

 seen in cultivation, a few of the hardy ones some- 

 times being found in collections of herbaceous 

 plants. The majority are from Southern Europe 

 and Western Asia. 



viride, grn. 

 Lowio-eburneum, 15', 



Feb., Mch., ivory wh., 



tinged grn. 

 tigriiuun, 9", Ap., Je., 



olive grn., red, striped 



pur. 

 traceyanum, 2V, win., 



yellowish grn., marked 



crim.; lip yellowish wh., 



spotted crim. 

 winniauum, 2', win., wh., 



spotted crim. A hybrid 



between ebumeum and 



giganteum. 



Huttouii, U', My., yel.. 



grn., chocolate. Very 



rare. 

 I'Ansouii, IV, My., grn., 



lip wh. , yel. 



lougifolium, 2', Nov., grn. 

 Mastersii (we Cyperorchis 



Mastersii). 

 Parishii, IV, Jy., Aug., 



wh., or., spotted vio. 



pur. ; sweet, 

 pulcherrimum, 1', Nov., 



Dec., wh., crim. 

 pendulum, 2V, Jy., Aug., 



yellowish gru., red. 

 atropurpureum, 24/, 



My., Je., pur., lip wh., 



ro. 



Principal Species : 

 tricolor, 6', sum., st., wh. 



(now Deemiu extensa). 

 formosum, a', Jy., grh., 



grn. 

 macrochizon,0',Jy.,h<ly., 



wh. 



mi'laiithos, 3', Jy., hcly., 

 pur. (nmv Viucetoxi- 

 cura medium). 



roseum, :!', Jy.. lidy ; ,piir. 



viridiHiirum (now Tylu- 

 phora asthmatica). 



Scolymus, 3' to 7', aut., 

 pur. 



CYNARA. 



A genus (iird. Compositre) comprising six 

 species of prickly herbaceous perennials, resem- 

 bling Thistles in appearance. Although decorative, 

 they are rarely grown for the sake of ornament, but 

 chiefly for their economic properties. Cardun- 

 culus is the Cardoon, and is treated under that 

 head. Scolymus probably only a cultivated 

 variety of Cardunculus is the Globe Artichoke, 

 which see. When grown in the herbaceous border 

 Cynaras like rich, but light, and well-turned soil. 

 A little protection in winter is advisable. They 

 are capital subjects for shrubbery margins. 



Principal Species : 

 Cariluuculus, ;V to 6', 



Aug., Sep., pur. 

 horrida, 6', Aug., Sep., 

 pur. 



CYNOGLOSSUM. (HOUND'S TONGUE.) 

 A rather extensive genus of border or rock 

 plants (oril. 1'xiragineaj), of which only a few are in 

 cultivation. It is thus needless to name many. 

 They have racemes of funnel-shaped flowers. 

 They thrive in common soil, and are propagated 

 by seeds sown in spring in the open, or in a 

 frame, and by division in spring or autumn. 

 There are annual, biennial, and perennial species. 



Principal Species : 

 cheirifolium, 9" , Je.,bieu. , 



ro. 

 Dioscoridis, 2', Je., bien., 



red. 



f urcatum, 1 i ' , Je. ,bien. .bl. 

 glochidiatum, 2', J e - 

 bien., bl. 



CYNOMETRA. 



Evergreen trees (ord. Leguminosa:), requiring a 

 stove temperature. Upwards of twenty species 

 have been described, but they are not in general 

 cultivation. The brown pods are edible. The 

 plants like a sandy loam, and propagation is by 

 cuttings of tips of the half-ripened shoots in spring, 

 in a sandy soil, in a close frame. 



Principal Species : 



cauliflora, 30' to 40', sum., wh. 



CYNORCHIS (*.'/" CYKOSORCHIS). 



Terrestrial Orchids (ord. Orchidacea,') needing 

 stove heat. Of the sixteen species several are in 

 cultivation, but they are of little value. Fibrous 

 loam and peat, with sand and a surfacing of 

 sphagnum, form a good compost. Propagation is 

 l>\ division, carried out just before the plants start 

 into growth. Give plenty of water during the 

 til-owing season, and little or none during the period 

 of rest. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 



nervosum. 3', My., per.,bl. 

 officinale, 2', Je., bien., 



pur. 

 pictum, 2', Aug., bien., 



pur. 

 virgiuicum, 4', Jy., per., 



bl. 



purpurea, pur. 

 lnviaiia, 1', wh.. gru., lip 



HI. 

 purpurasrt'ns, S" to 10' , 



Nciv., grn., red, ro. 



elegant, -|' to ">', wh., ro., 



Ivs. gru. 

 grancuflara, grn., spotted 



ro., pur. 

 alba, wh., lip pur., 



fragrant. 



CYPELLA. 



I'rctly, half-hardy, bulbous plants (u,-d. Irid.-aO. 

 which require the same treatment us Ixias, and an- 

 increased by olTsrls. 



Principal Species : 

 H,.rlKTtii,r,. T.v.,. vrl. (.'//'. 



Tigridia EfarMrtii). 

 pi'i-iiviaiia, l',\vl., spotted 



br. 



.....: 

 I'haloi'nlhs pluml- i . 



