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Gardening for Amateurs 



Celsia cretica, a greenhouse flower of soft yellow colouring. 



to give iittle Avater until growth recom- 

 mences. There are so many varieties that 

 it is difficult to make a selection, but the 

 following are good : A. Otman, purple ; 

 Baron de Richter, chestnut, edged red ; 

 Due Ernst, reddish-scarlet ; Duke of York, 

 crimson ; Elizabeth Hoss, canary-yellow, 

 spotted red ; Frau Daisy Hultzsch, rose ; 

 Frau E. Kracht, rosy-salmon ; Furst Weid, 

 crimson ; Hermann Aldinger, pur pie -crimson ; 

 J. B. Van der Schoot, rich yellow, purple 

 spots-; J. Lochner, orange-scarlet ; King 

 Humbert, orange, marked crimson ; Niagara, 

 scarlet, gold margin ; Ottawa, cerise ; Rose 

 Gigantea, rich rose ; Stuttgartia, scarlet and 

 orange ; Gaekwar of Baroda, rich yellow, 

 large crimson spots ; Wilhelm Tell, lemon- 

 yellow, orange centre ; and William Saunders, 



bright scarlet. Cannas may 

 also be increased by means of 

 seed, which should be soaked 

 in warm water for twenty-four 

 hours previous to sowing in 

 warmth in spring. 



Carex. (See Foliage Plants.) 

 Cassia corymbosa. A 

 prolific shrub with dark green 

 pinnate leaves and clusters of 

 golden-yellow blossoms, borne 

 during the summer and autumn 

 months. It is handsome as a 

 bush, and is also well suited 

 for clothing the back wall 

 of a greenhouse. Cassia will 

 strike from cuttings of the 

 young shoots in spring if these 

 are put in a closed propagating 

 case and will thrive in ordinary 

 potting compost. 



Gelosia. (See Annuals.) 

 Celsia. Two of the Celsias 

 form pretty greenhouse plants, 

 namely, C. cretica, which 

 grows to a height of 4 to 5 

 feet, and for the greater part 

 of that distance bears soft 

 golden-yellow blossoms, and C. 

 Arcturus, which forms a freely 

 branched specimen of about 

 half that size. The flowers of 

 this are also yellow. Both 

 these Celsias are readily raised 

 from seeds, and will grow in 

 ordinary potting compost. The seed should 

 be sown in summer for next year's flowers. 

 Cereus. (See Succulents.) 

 Cherry Pie. (See Heliotrope.) 

 Chironia ixifera. A charming little 

 shrubby plant from South Africa. It forms 

 a rather upright specimen from 15 to 18 

 inches in height, clothed with narrow glaucous 

 leaves somewhat suggestive of a Pink. 

 The lilac-pink flowers, which are about 

 1 inches across, are borne in great pro- 

 fusion during July and August. It is in- 

 creased by cuttings of the young shoots 

 taken in spring, inserted in well-drained pots 

 of very sandy peat, and covered with a 

 bell-glass until rooted. The cuttings do not 

 strike very readily, hence failures are by no 

 means infrequent. Established plants need 



