SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. ClIAP4. 



tender. About three feet high. HELONE, the bell-<\ 



/lowered. Lat. Chelone campanulata. Fr. Galane companu-i 

 Ue. A perennial plant from Mexico, which blows, in 



July and August, a red flower. About a foot high. 



CHELONE, the downy. Lat. Chelone pensthemon. Fr. 

 Galane & Jleurs paniculees. A perennial plant from Vir- 

 ginia. It is about a foot high, and blows, in July and 

 August, a flower which is yellow in the inside and a light 

 purple on the outside. They are all three multiplied by 

 seed, as well as by separating their roots, in the autumn. 

 They are not very delicate, but it is best to give them a 

 moist earth and shady situation. 



439. CINERARIA, or rag-wort. Lat. Cineraria mari- 

 tima. Fr. Cineraire maritime. A perennial plant from the 

 sea-coasts of Provence and Languedoc. Grows two 

 feet high, and blows a shaded yellow flower from June 

 to September. Propagated by suckers and by seeds ; 

 if the latter, it blows the second year. It should have a 

 rich soil. 



440. CISTUS, common dwarf, or little sun-flower Lat. 

 dstus helianthemum. Fr. Heliantheme commun. A per- 

 ennial plant from the south of France, blows a yellow 

 flower from May till September. There are varieties j 

 white and rose-coloured, and all hardy, and are easily in- 

 creased from the seed, which should be brought forward 

 in pots. 



441. COLCHICUM, or meadow -saffron Lat. Colchi- 

 cum autumnale.Fr. Colchique d automne. A bulbous 

 plant common in Europe, about three or four inches 



