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of 100 feet in its native habitat. Its large heart- 

 shaped leaves are tinted with bronze and maroon. 

 Tregothnan. 



Callicarpa purpurea. — India. An evergreen 

 shrub bearing small inconspicuous flowers, followed 

 by violet-coloured berries. Trewidden, Penzance. 



Cassia CORYMBOSA. — Buenos Ayres. A rambling 

 shrub, almost invariably grown against a wall, though 

 it has been met with planted against a wire fence, 

 and spreading out on either side. In August it is a 

 mass of golden-yellow bloom, some of which it often 

 retains until Christmas. With wall protection it 

 reaches a height of 12 feet or more, and when in 

 flower is a striking object in the garden. It is fairly 

 common in the south-west. 



Chorizema. — Australia. Well-known evergreen 

 greenhouse plants, bearing pea-like flowers of orange 

 and red. Masses 7 feet in height and more in 

 breadth grow against the walls at Trewidden, and 

 begin to flower in March. C. cordatum and C. Lowii 

 are the species generally grown. 



Cissus DISCOLOR. — Java. A climber, bearing 

 greenish-yellow blossoms. 



Clematis indivisa lobata. — New Zealand. This 

 beautiful white-flowered Clematis grows well in many 

 gardens, and commences to bloom in March. 



Clianthus puniceus. — New Zealand. A brilliant- 

 flowered evergreen climber, bearing large flowers, 

 somewhat resembling lobsters' claws, scarlet crimson 

 in hue. It sometimes comes into flower as early as 

 Christmas, the number of its blossoms increasing 



