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Bladder Sennas are of very free growth, even in poor, 

 sandy soil, and being highly ornamental, whether in flower 

 or fruit, are to be recommended for extensive cultivation. 



Comptonia. See Myrica. 



Corchorus. See Kerria. 



Coriaria (Coriarieae). 



Coriakia myetifolia. — South Europe, 1629. A deciduous 

 shrub growing to about 4 feet in height, with Myrtle-like 

 leaves, and upright terminal racemes of not very showy 

 flowers, produced about mid-summer — generally from 

 May to August. For its pretty foliage and the frond- 

 like arrangement of its branches it is principally worthy 

 of culture. From Southern Europe and the North of 

 Africa, where it is an occupant of waste ground and 

 hedges, but still rare in our gardens. 



Cornus (Cornaceae). 



j^- Coenus alba. — White-fruited Dogwood. Siberia, 1741. 

 This is a native of Northern Asia and Siberia, not of 

 America, as Loudon stated. For the slender, red-barked 

 branches and white or creamy flowers, this species is well 

 worthy of notice, while the white fruit renders it very dis- 

 tinct and effective. It grows to about 10 feet in height. 

 G. alba Spathi is one of the most ornamental of shrubs 

 bearing coloured leaves, these in spring being of a beautiful 

 bronzy tint, and changing towards summer to a mixture 

 of gold and green, or rather an irregular margin of deep 

 gold surrounds each leaf. It was first sent out by the 

 famous Berlin nurseryman whose name it bears. C. alba 

 Gouchaulti is another variegated leaved variety, but has 

 no particular merit, and originated in one of the French 



