ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
straggling shoots into shape in March. Water moderately in winter, 
freely in summer, Temp., Sept. to March 40° to 45°; March to Sept. 
55° to 65°. Se lolly by cuttings removed in March, with small por- 
tion of old wood attached, & inserted in well-drained pots of sandy 
soil in temp. 85° under bell-glass. Hardy in sheltered positions out- 
doors S. of England. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: OQ. Baueri, leaves green, 3 to 10 ft., Norfolk Islands; 
Baueri variegata, leaves edged with yellow, 3 ft 
Coptis (Gold Thread; Mouth Root)—Ord, Ranunculaces. Hardy 
evergreen bog plants. First introduced 1782. 
CULTURE: Soil, boggy peat. Position, moist, shady. Plant, Oct. 
or March. Propagate by seeds sown 1-16 in. deep in pans of fine sandy 
peat in aay sale frame in March; division of roots in Oct. or March. 
SPEOIES OULTIVATED: O. occidentalis, white, May, 1 ft., N.W. America; 
trifolia, white, April, 1 ft., N. Hemisphere. 
Coral Barberry eer ne corals corallina).—See Berberidopsis. 
Coral Creeper (Kennedya prostrata)—See Kennedya. 
Coral Drops (Bessera elegans).—See Bessera. 
Coral-head-plant (Abrus precatorius)—See Abrus. 
Coral Root.—See Dentaria & Cardamine. 
Coral Tree (Erythrina Crista-galli).—See Erythrina. 
Cordyline.—Ord. Liliacex. reenhouse plants. Orn. foliage. 
Allied to & often called Dracwnas. First introduced 1820. 
_OULTURE: Compost, two parts peat, one part loam & sand. Posi- 
tion, pots in greenhouse. Repot, March. ater moderately Oct. to 
March, freely afterwards. Temp., March to Sept. 55° to 65°; Sept. to 
March 45° to 50°. Propagate by seeds sown 1 1n. deep in pots of light 
soil in temp. 85° in March; cuttings of main stems cut into lengths of 
lin. and partially inserted horizontally in pots of sandy soil in March ; 
cuttings of fleshy roots inserted lin. deep in pots of sandy soil, in 
March or April in temp. 75° to 80°; stem rooting in March or April; 
offsets inserted in 2in. pots of sandy soil at any time. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: ©. australis (Syn. O. Veitchii), leaves broad and green, 
10 ft., New Zealand; australis argentea striata, leaves variegated; australis varie- 
gata, leaves green and white; stricta congesta (Syn. Congesta), leaves green and 
narrow, 6 to 10 ft., Australia; indivisa, green, narrow, New Zealand; indivisa 
atropurpurea, leaves dark; indivisa lineata, leaves narrow. 
Coreopsis (Tickseed). — Ord, Cornposite. Hardy annual & 
perennial herbaceous plants. First introduced 1699. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary. Position, sunny, well-drained beds or 
borders. Plant perennials in Oct. or March, annuals in May or June. 
Propagate annuals by seed sown fin. deep in boxes of light soil in 
temp. 65° to 70° in March, or outdoors in April where plants are to 
flower; perennials by seed sown outdoors in April, transplanting seed- 
lings when large enough to handle to permanent position; division of 
roots in Oct, or March. 
ANNUAL SPECIES: OC. atkinsoniana, yellow and purple, summer, 2 to 4 ft., 
N.W. America; Drummondii, yellow and crimson, summer, 2 ft., Texas; coronata, 
orange and purple, summer, 2 ft., Texas; tinctoria (Syn. bicolor), yellow and 
purple, summer, 2 ft., N. America; tinotoria atrosanguinea, purplish. 
PERENNIAL SPECIES: O. auriculata, yellow and purple, summer, 2 ft., 
U. States; grandiflora, yellow, Aug., 3 ft., U. States; lanceolata, yellow, Aug. 
3 ft., N. America; verticillata, yellow, Aug., 2 ft. 
Corfu Lily (Funkia subcordata).—See Funkia. 
Coriander (Coriandrum sativum).—See Coriandrum. 
Coriandrum (Coriander).—Ord. Umbellifere. Hardy annual. 
Leaves used for flavouring soups & salads. Seed ripens in Aug., & 
is largely employed in epntpekionety.. 
