ENCYCLOPHIDIA OF GARDENING. 
and its numerous varieties, argentea (silver-leaved); aurea (golden-leaved); hands- 
worthionsis, myrtifolia (myrtle-leaved), pyramidalis and suffruticosa (Dutch o1 
edging box). 
Byzantine Crocus (Crocus iridiflorus).—See Crocus. 
Cabbage.—See Brassica. 
Cabbage Lettuce.—Sce Lactuca. 
Cabbage Palm (Sabal Palmetto).—Sce Sahbal. 
Cabbage Rose (Rosa centifolia).—See Rosa. 
Cacalia.—See Kleinia. 
Cactus Dahlia (Dahlia Juarezi)—Sce Dahlia. 
Czesalpinia.—Ord. Leguminosm. Hardy deciduous & stove 
evergreen shrubs. First introduced 1739. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
warm, sheltered shrubberies. Plant, Oct. to Feb. Prune merely to 
keep in good shape. Propagate by seeds sown in sandy soil in cold 
frame at any time. 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, two parts peat or loam, 
one part leaf-mould, half a part silver sand. Position, pots in light 
art of stove or outdoors during July & Aug. Pot, Feb. or March. 
Vater freely, March to Oct., moderately afterwards. Temp., March 
to Oct. 70° to 80°; Oct to March 55 to 65°. Propagate by seeds sown 
in light sandy soil in temp. of 75° to 85° in spring; cuttitigs of short 
young shoots inserted singly in small pots filled with pure sand under 
bell-glass in temp. 75° to 85° in summer. 
HARDY SPECIES: 0. sepiara (Syn. C. japonica), yellow, spring, 6 to 8 ft., 
Japan; Gilliesii (Syn. Poinciana Gilliesii), yellow, summer, 10 ft., S. America. 
STOVE SPECIES: C. pulcherrima (Syn. Poinciana pulcherrima), yellow and red, 
summer, 10 to 15 ft., Tropics. 
Caffre Bread .—See Encephalartos. 
Caffre Butter Shrub (Combretum purpureum).—See Com- 
bretum. 
Caffre Lily (Schizostylis coccinea).—See Schizostylis. 
Cakile (Sea Rocket)—Ord. Crucifere. Hardy annual. Nat. 
Europe, N. America. 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy. Position, open borders. Propagate by 
seeds sown 1-16 in. deep where piaats are to flower in March or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: O. maritima, lilac, June, 1 ft., Britain. 
Caladium. — Ord. Aroidew. Stove deciduous perennials. 
Tuberous-rooted. Orn. foliage. First introduced 1773. Leaves, 
green, white, crimson, red, rose. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts turfy loam, peat, leaf-mould, 
decayed manure, & silver sand. Position, well drained pots in shade. 
Pot moderately firm in pots just large enough to take tubers in Feb. 
or March; transfer to larger pots in April or May. Water mode- 
rately Feb. to April & Sept. to Nov.; freely April to Sept.; keep quite 
dry Nov. to Feb. Temp., Feb. to Sept. 70° to 80°; Sept. to Nov. 65° 
to 75°; Nov. to Feb. 55° to 65°. C. Humboldtii used as an edging to 
subtropical beds in summer. Propagate by dividing the tubers in 
Feb. or March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: C. Hunboldtii (Syn. C. argyrites), 9 ins., Brazil; 
bicolor, 18 in., S. America;. bicolor, Chantinii, 18 in., bicolor pictum, 18 in.; 
marmoratum, 1 ft., Guayaquil; Schomburgkii, 18 in., Brazil; rutescens, Brazil; 
venosum, Brazil. A host of beautiful varieties more generally grown than the 
species will be found in trade lists. 
Calamintha (Calamint; Basil Thyme).—Ord. Labiate. Hardy 
annuals & herbaceous perennials. Flowers, fragrant. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny rockeries & borders. 
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