LIST OF FLOWERS 



CICHORIUM {Chicory). A plant which is much in favour on 

 the Continent as an ingredient in salads, both C. endivia and C. 

 intyhus being used for the purpose, but its value as a garden flower 

 seems to have been overlooked. Yet C. intybus may be introduced 

 with good effect into the Wild Garden, as it grows vigorously — even 

 rampantly — and throughout the summer and autumn bears hand- 

 some blue flowers. The seed will succeed readily enough in any. 

 rough places, provided the soil be not unusually cold and heavy. 



CIMICIFUGA (Bugbane). There is one variety of this plant, 

 viz., C. racemosa (often called Black-snake-root), which might well 

 be used for the Wild Garden, though it carries the objection of having 

 an unpleasant odour. It is of tall, handsome growth, with long and 

 graceful racemes of feathery white, which produce a fine effect when 

 the plants are massed together in bold groups. 



CINERARIA. A favourite plant for the greenhouse, as it 

 blooms from Christmas to May and makes excellent table decoration 

 either in pots or by cut flowers. The Star and Cactus varieties are 

 especially useful for cutting because of the peculiar grace of their 

 flowers, which preserve their freshness in water for a long time. 

 Cinerarias are easily raised from seed, and various shades of colour in 

 white, blue and crimson may be obtained. Their culture is by no 

 means difficult, though they are plants which are sensitive to any 

 neglect. The seed should be sown from April to June, in a cool frame 

 in pans of leafy mould mixed with sand or sharp road sweepings, 

 and- as soon as the seedlings have developed their leaves they should 

 be pricked out into small pots and transferred to larger pots as they 

 require it, the final potting being not later than November. It is 

 advisable to keep them in a cold frame as long as the absence of frost 

 permits, and even when transferred to the greenhouse they are better 

 without much heat, as every endeavour should be made to render 

 them as hardy as possible. The more hardy they can be made the, 

 less chance there is of their being attacked by the common greenhouse 

 pests of mildew and green-fly, to which they seem naturally suscep- 

 tible. Care should also be taken that the plants are not crowded to- 

 gether, or thin and straggling stalks will be produced. An occasional 

 watering with liquid manure as the time of bloom approaches will 

 assist in preserving the leaves and give brilliancy to the colour of 

 the flowers. 



CINQUEFOIL. Se& Potentilla. 



CISTUS {Rock Rose). A beautiful flowering shrub, and one 



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