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fifty feet high, and branch out at the top like the candelabra j others 

 grow to the height of sixty feet, without a single limb. Gardeners 

 generally recommend they should be kept without water. I have 

 found to the contrary, that they enjoy moisture as much as any green 

 house plant I have, and they are daily watered with other plants. 



Coreopsis. — (Derived from the Greek word koris, a bug.) — They 

 are beautiful plants, and were probably originated in Greece; they 

 flower very early in the season, are perennials, will stand our win- 

 ters, and grow in almost any common garden soil. You may propa- 

 gate them by dividing the root, or from seed. 



Calceolaria. — ^(Schrophularinse,) are singular plants in one re- 

 spect, which is, that the shrubby kinds, wull unite freely W'ith the her- 

 baceous, by hybridizing. They came from Chili, South America j 

 bear beautiful purple and spotted flowers; may be grown in borders, 

 provided they are protected in winter; may be cultivated from cut- 

 tings and seed; require a muck soil with sand, and much moisture. 



Camellia. — (Terustrsemiacese,) is a splendid evergreen shrub, from 

 China. It is now so well known in this country, that it scarcely 

 needs description; the variegata is an extremely beautiful variety, and 

 one of the most hardy — still they will not under any circumstances 

 stand our winter; they enjoy a sandy loam, mixed with muck and 

 rotten-leaf mould; the temperature of jTDur camellia house should 

 never fall below fifty degrees, if it does the buds will all fall off; 

 they may be propagated from cuttings. 



Campanula. — (Campanulaceae,) are very pretty heibaceous plants, 

 and are natives of Asia, they are mostly perennials, and bear beauti- 

 ful deep blue flowers; pyramids may be formed with them, and they 

 will grow to a great size in good mould. 



Calycanthus. — (Calycanthacea},) are deciduous shrubs, natives of 

 North America, and yield dark purple flowers remarkable for fra- 

 grance, they may be propagated by layers, and enjoy a deep loam soil. 



Cape Jasmine. — (Rubiaceae,) are natives of the East and West 

 Indies, they bear large white flowers, and are exceedingly sweet; the 

 plant requires much warmth to bring it to perfection — they are usu- 

 ally propagated by cuttings, will strike readily in pure sand, under 

 glass: and enjoy a rich loam compost. 



