A YEAR'S GARDENING 



seedsmen's catalogues some cannot fail to appeal to the most captious, 

 and all seem worthy of cultivation. 



CHELONE. A hardy perennial of which there are several 

 varieties, aU making handsome plants for late summer and autumn. 

 It is easy of culture and of free growth, and may be raised from seed 

 or increased by division or cuttings. C. barbata, bearing long 

 racemes of bright scarlet, is a good variety. 



CHENOPODIUM. The variety best known and most worth 

 cultivation is C. Atriplicis, a hardy annual which may be sown in 

 the open in April. It ^will thrive in any soil, growing to a height of 

 3 feet or more, and is cniefly valuable for its foliage and beautifully- 

 tinted stem. 



CHERRY-PIE. See Heliotropium. 



CHIONODOXA {Snow Glory). These bulbs are a most valuable 

 acquisition for the Spring Garden or for embellishing stretches of 

 grass. Hardy in growth, abundant in increase, early in bloom 

 (often appearing the first or second week in February), lovely in 

 their starry blossoms of snowy white graduating to pale or dark blue, 

 they commend themselves to all lovers of flowers. They are 

 excellent for pot culture as a table decoration and may be used with 

 good effect as a spring edging for borders. There are several varieties 

 to be obtained, of which C. lucilicB is the best known and as good as 

 any. 



CHRISTMAS ROSE. See Helleborus. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM. Under this name is embraced a wide 

 variety of perennials and annuals, both hardy and half-hardy, 

 including the pretty little Pompons and various kinds of the Mar- 

 guerite or Paris Daisy. The perennial Chrysanthemum is perfectly 

 hardy, but flowering as it does in the late autumn its bloom cannot 

 be obtained in perfection in the open, exposed to frost and rain. 

 It seems a pity, however, to banish it from the garden on that 

 account, and where an ornamental hedge is desired for the separation 

 of garden areas, or to hide an obtrusive fence or wall, it is most useful. 

 All the annuals, of which any seed catalogue will give a large variety, 

 may be raised from seed sown in the open in February or March. 

 So many named varieties of the Chrysanthemum are in cultivation, 

 and the choice must depend so much on the class required, that it 

 would be beyond the scope of these notes to give a detailed list, but 

 to intending purchasers any good grower (Carter, of London, for 

 instance) will supply, gratis, a full descriptive catalogue. 



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