404. BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
melons, The wood is also very fragrant. There are sev- 
eral other species of the same general appearance, but 
differing in the character of their leaves. C. levigatus, 
has smooth leaves, and (C. glaucus has the leaves white 
underneath. All are easily propagated by suckers or by 
layers. 
CEANOTHUS.—NeEw Jersey TEA. 
CAn ancient Greek name of obscure application.] 
Ceandthus Americinus,— New Jersey Tea.— A low 
bushy shrub, found growing on the margins of woods in 
dry sandy soil. The minute, delicate, white flowers are 
very pretty, and are produced in crowded clusters in June 
and July. The leaves have been used as a substitute for 
tea, and the root to dye a nankeen or cinnamon color. 
CELASTRUS,—St4FrF-TREE. 
tAn ancient Greek name for some evergreen, but our species is deciduous.} 
Celastrus scéndens. — Wax-work, Climbing Bitter- 
sweet.—A strong woody vine, growing around trees and 
over rocks, in moist situations. It is very useful for cov- 
ering arbors, walls, or trellis work, or it may be trained 
to a pillar in the shrubbery. The foliage is of a deep 
green, and handsome. The flowers, which are small, 
greenish and in racemes, make but very little show, but 
the fruit is very ornamental. The fruit is a round three- 
valved capsule, which, when ripe, opens and discloses the 
seeds, which are of a deep scarlet, and contrast finely with 
the orange color of the valves of the capsule. <A vigor- 
ous climber, which will grow fifteen or twenty feet high. 
