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Clianthus (Glory-Pea.) Leguminosce. 



The brilliant C. Dampieri is raised from seeds, when procurable. 

 C. puniceus and others grow from cuttings in sand in bottom heat 

 and also from seeds. In Germany and England C. Dampieri has 

 been handled successfully on small seedling stocks of Colutea 

 arbor escens. The colutea is sown a few days before the clianthus, 

 and after the cotyledons are formed on the colutea the hypocotyl 

 (or stem) is split down the center, the cotyledons being retained ; 

 into this cleft is inserted the seedling clianthus, being tied with 

 very fine raffia; in a warm case, union will take place in four or 

 five days. 



Clintonia. Liliacece. 



Increased by seeds, and by division of the root in spring. The 

 clintonias of seedsmen are downingias (Campanulacese), garden 

 annuals readily grown from seeds. 



Clitoria (Butterfly-Pea). Leguminosce. 



Easily grown from seeds, which are usually produced freely ; 

 also handled from firm-wood cuttings under glass. 



Clivia, Imantophyllum. Amaryllidacece. 



Propagated by seeds and division. The common species, C. 

 miniata, is readily handled by dividing the old roots when the pot 

 becomes crowded. 



Clover (Trifolium species). Leguminosce. 



The clovers are raised from seed. Some of them are annual, 

 as crimson clover ; others perennial, as white clover ; others short- 

 lived perennials, as red clover. Seed is usually sown in early 

 spring with a nurse crop, particularly with wheat. The quantity 

 of red clover seed sown to the acre in grain fields is 10 to 14 or 

 16 pounds; of alsike about the same quantity. White clover is 

 sown about 10 to 12 pounds to the acre ; for lawns, twice this 

 quantity. Crimson clover for cover-crop in the open field is sown 

 15 to 20 pounds to the acre. Red clover is usually sown on the 

 surface in wheat fields, without covering, the land at the time 

 being not yet dry and hard. Probably better results are to be 

 expected by waiting till the ground is settled, harrowing lightly 

 for seed-bed and harrowing again after sowing. 



Japan clover is a lespedeza; used for hay; sown about 12 

 pounds to the acre. Sweet clover is melilotus ; sown about 2 pecks 

 to acre. 



