GENERA! INDEX. 



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an. Eur ; the first best grown in pots, and the 

 ether of common culture, and both increased by 



" seeds. 



Calabash-tree, see Crescentia. 



Caladenia, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, a G. peren. 

 N. S. W. which may be grown in loam and peat, 

 and increased by division at the root. 



Calamagrostis, trian. dig. and graminea?, H. peren. 

 Eur. grasses of the easiest culture. 



Calamint, see Calamintha. 



Calamintha, calamint, didyn. gymnos. and labiatea?, 



F. tr. and H. peren. Eur. and Amer. of common 

 culture, and increased by seeds or dividing at the 

 roots. 



Calamus, hexan. monog. and palmea?, S. tr. E. Ind. 

 palms, which thrive best in sandy loam, and a 

 warm, moist atmosphere, and are propagated by 

 seed. 



Calanchoe, octan. tetrag. and sempervivea?, D. S. 

 tr. As. and Afr. succulents which thrive well in 

 sandy loam, but require bottom heat to make 

 them flower. " The leaves placed on a pot of 

 mould, or on the tan, will shoot out young plants 

 from the notches of the margin." (Sweet.) 



Calathian violet, gentiana pneumonanthe. 



Calceolaria, slipper-wort, dian. monog. and scro- 

 phularinea?, G. peren. and an. Peru and Falkland 

 islands, of easy culture, and propagated by seeds. 



Calcutta, gardening of, 500. 



Caldasia, pentan. monog. and scrophularinea?, a S. 

 an. New Spain, of common culture. 



Calder House, Midlothian, 7618. 



Calea, syngen. polyg. a?qual. and corymbiferea?, S. tr. 

 and a S. bien. \V. Ind. which grow in rich soil, 

 and cuttings strike readily either in sand or 

 mould. 



Caled. Depic, Chalmer's Caledonia Depicta, an an- 

 tiquarian work. 



Caled. Hort. Soc., Caledonian Horticultural Society, 

 some account of, 410. and page 1113. A. D. 1810. 



Caled Mem., Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticul- 

 tural Society, page 1113. A. D. 1810. 



Caledon Hill, a seat in Tyrone, 7679. 



Calendula, marigold, syngen. polyg. necess. corym- 

 biferea?, G. tr. and a" G. peren". Eur. and C. B. S. 



! which thrive in loam and peat, and cuttings root 



i freely in the same soil under a hand-glass; and 

 H. an. of the easiest culture. 



Calendula officinalis, the common pot-marigold, 

 4122. 



Calla, heptan. monog. and aroidea?, a G. and H. 

 peren. Eur. and CBS. the first an aquatic, and 

 the other a marsh plant of easy culture. C. a?thi- 

 opia will also grow well on the green-house 

 stage. 



Callander, a seat in Stirlingshire, 7631. 



Callicarpa, tetran. monog. and verbenacea?, S. and 



G. tr. E. Ind. and Amer., which grow best in loam 

 and peat, and ripened cuttings strike root in sand 

 under a hand-glass in heat. 



Callicoma, dodec. dig. and cunoniacea?, a G. tr. 

 N. S. W. which thrives in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings of ripe wood root readily in sand under a 

 hand-glass. 



Calligonum, dodec. tetrag. and polygonea?, a H. tr. 

 Caspian Sea, which may be grown in loam and 

 peat, and propagated by layers. 



Callisa, trian. monog. and commelinea?, a S. peren. 

 W. Ind. a creeper of easy culture. 



Callistachys, decan. monog and leguminosea?, G. tr. 

 N. Holl., which grow fast and flower freely in 

 loam and peat, and cuttings planted in sand under 

 a bell-glass. 



Callitriohe, water-starwort, monandr. digyn. and 

 naidea?, a H. an. Brit, which grows on the sur- 

 face of shallow water, and sends down delicate 

 fibres to the soil below. 

 ^Calluna, octan. monag. and ericea?, a H. tr. Brit, 

 (formerly erica) the common heath ; it requires 

 to be grown in peat soil, and may be increased by 

 seeds, layers, or cuttings of the young shoots 

 planted in sand under a hand-glass. 



Calodendrum, pentan. monog. and pittosporea?, a 

 G. tr. C. B. S., which, as the name imports, is of 

 great beauty. It grows in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings of ripe wood root readily in sand under 

 a hand-glass. 



Calodium, moncec. polyan. and aroidea?, S. tr. and 

 peren. Ind. and Amer. most of which grow freely 

 in water, or in rich soil in a moist heat; they are 

 propagated by tubers of the root. 



Calonne, , his works on gardening, page 



1119. A. D. 1779. 



Calophvllum, polyan. monog. and guttiferea?, S. tr. 

 Ind. which grow well in light loam, and cuttings 

 of ripened wood ;trike freely in sand, under a 

 hand-glass in mo t heat 



Calopogon, gynan. monan and orchidea?, a F. peren. 

 N. Amer. which grows in peat, and is increased by 

 dividing at the t ot. 



Calothamnus polyadelph. icosan. and myrteacea?, 

 G. tr. N. Holl. which thrive in loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root in sand under a bell-glass. 



Calotropis, pentan. dig. and asclepiadea?, S. tr. X. 

 Amer. which grow in light loam, young cuttings 

 root freely under a hand-glass in a pot of sand, 

 care being taken that they do not get mouldy. 



Caltha, polyan. polyg. and ranunculacea?, H. peren. 

 Brit, marsh plants of the easiest culture. 



Caltrops, see Tribulus. 



Calvel, Etienne, his works on gardening, page 



1121. A. D. 1802. 



Calvert and Co., their work on gardening, page 



1122. A. D. 1821. 



Calycanthus, icosan. polyg. and rosacea?, H. tr. 

 N. Amer. which thrive in loam and peat, and 

 root by layers in the same soil. 



Calypso, gynan. monan. and orchidea?, a H. peren. 

 N. Amer. a bulb, which grows best in peat, or in 

 sandy loam and peat, and is increased by offsets 

 from the bulbs or by seeds. 



Calyptrantes, icosan. monog. and myrteacea?, S. 

 peren. W. and E. Ind. which thrive in sandy 

 loam, and peat ; and though cuttings do not strike 

 freely, ripened once sometimes root under a hand- 

 glass. Layers answer best. 



Calystegia, bearbind, pentan. monog. and convol- 

 vulacea?, H. peren. Eur. and Amer. of common 

 culture. 



Camb. Brit, Cambden's Britannia, an antiquarian 

 work. 



Cambridge botanic garden, 7551. 



Camden Park, in Wexford, 7655. 



Camelina, tetrad, silic. and cruciferea?, H. an. Eur. 

 of common culture. 



Camellia, monadel. polyan. and aurantea?, G. tr. 

 China, of great beauty, see 6612. 



Cameraria, bastard marigeneel, pentan. monog. and 

 apocynea?, Ind. which grows well in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root in a pot of sand under a 

 hand-glass. 



Campanula, bell-flower, pentan. monog. and cam- 

 panulea?, G. tr. peren. bien. and an and H. peren. 

 and an. Eur. As. Afr. and Am. of common cul- 

 ture, and increased by seeds, dividing at the root, 

 or by cuttings. 



Campanula rapunculus, the rampion, 3941 ; cam- 

 panula pyramidalis, 946. 



Camphire-tree, laurus camphora. 



Camphorosma, tetran. monog. and chenopodea?, a 

 G. under-shrub, S. Eur. of easy culture in light 

 soil, not over-watered. 



Campion, cucubalus baccifer. 



Cams Hill, a seat in Hampshire, 7594. 



Canada rice, zizania aquatica. 



Canarina, hexan. monog and campanulaceae, a G. 

 peren. Canaries, requires a light soil, no water 

 where the leaves have died down, and to be put 

 in the stove to flower well. It is propagated from 

 cuttings of the roots or shoots. 



Canary-grass, see Phalaris. 



Candleberry-myrtle, myrica gale. 



Candy-carrot, athamanta cretensis. 



Candytuft, see Iberis. 



Canella, dodec. monog. and meliacea?, a S. tr. 

 W. Ind. soil loamy; and cuttings of large old 

 wood, with all the leaves taken off at a joint, in 

 sand, in a moist heat, strike, though with diffi- 

 culty. 



Canna, Indian shot, monan. monog. and cannea?, S. 

 peren. Ind. and S. Amer. reedy or marsh plants 

 of easy culture, and propagated by seeds or di- 

 viding the root. 



Cannabis, hemp, dicec. pentan. and urticea?, a H. 

 an. India, of easy culture. 



Canon House, Sussex, 1531. 



Canons, a seat in Middlesex, 7520. 



Cantaleupe melon, see Cucumis. 



Canterbury bell, campanula medium. 



Canton, Fa'ee gardens at, 7318. 



Cantray, a seat in Inverness-shire, 7648. 



Cape of Good Hope, gardening of, 502. 



Cape jasmine, gardenia florida. 



Caper-bush, see Capparis. 



Capparis, caper-tree, polyan. monog. and cappa- 

 ndea?, S. and G. tr. Eur. and W. Ind. chiefly 



