ENOYOLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
(Britain); cordifolia (Flowering Seakale), white, May, 5 ft., Caucasus; orientalis, 
white, fragrant, June, 4 ft., Orient. Last two hardy perennials. 
Cranberry.—See Oxycoccus. 
Crane’s-bill.—See Geranium. 
Crape Fern.—See Todea. . 
Crape Myrtle (Lagerstrémia indica).—See Lagerstrémia. 
Crassula. — Ord. Crassulacee. Greenhouse evergreen plants. 
First_introduced 1711. 
.CULTURE: Compost, equal parts sandy loam, brick rubble, dried 
cow manure & river sand. Position, well-drained pots in light green- 
house, close to glass. Pot, March. Water freely April to Aug., mode- 
rately Aug to Nov., very little afterwards. l'emp., March to Sept. 
55° to 65°; Sept. to March 45° to 50°. Propagate by seeds sown in well- 
drained pots or pans of sandy soil, just covering seeds with fine mould, 
in temp. 60° to 70° in March or April, seedlings to be kept close to glass 
& have little water; cuttings of shoots 2 to 3 in. long, exposed to sun 
for few days, then inserted in June, July or Aug. in well-drained pots 
of sandy soil, placed on greenhouse shelf & given very little water. 
See also the penus Rochea, 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: C. arborescens, pink, May, 2 ft., 8. Africa; columnaris, 
white, summer, 6 in., 8. Africa; falcata (Syn. Rochea falcata), yellow and red, 
summer, 6 in., 8. Africa; lactea, white, autumn, 9 in., 3. Africa. 
Cratzegus (May; Hawthorn; Quick; Black ‘horn; White 
Thorn; Glastonbury Thorn; Christ’s ‘Thorn; Evergreen Fire Thorn).— 
Ord. Rosaceew. Hardy deciduous and evergreen trees & shrubs. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary, rich. Position, trees & shrubs in woods, 
shrubberies, lawns, & pleasure grounds; evergreen species against 
east or north walls; common quick in hedges. Plant, Oct. to Feb. 
Prune Evergreen Fire Thorn in Feb., spurring back shoots that have 
borne berries only; deciduous kinds in Nov., simply cutting tree or 
shrub into shape where necessary. Hedges: Soil, ordinary, trenched 
2ft, deep & 2ft, wide. Plant, Nov, to March. Distance apart, 4 in. 
single row, 6in, double row 6in. asunder. Quantity of plants required 
per yard for single row, 9; double row, 12. Cost ot plants per 100, 3s. 
to 4s. Cost of preparing site and planting per lineal yard, 9d. Cost 
of trimming per chain, 4d. Time to trim, July & Aug. 
POT CULTURE: Double pink and white kinds adapted for pot 
culture in cool greenhouse, or for forcing. Pot, Oct. or Nov., in good 
soil. Water moderately Oct_ to March, freely afterwards, Keep 
plants in cool structure til) Jan., then place in temp. 55° to 65° to 
flower early or leave them in cool house to flower naturally. After 
flowering, place plants outdoors to make new growth. Propagate by 
seeds (berries) sown lin. deep in open garden in Nov., transplanting 
largest seedlings following Oct., the remainder the next year; budding 
choice varieties on common hawthorn in July; grafting in March. 
Berries require to be stored in sand for a P heed before sowing. 
DECIDUOUS SPECIES: ©. Azarolus, white, fragrant, May, 15 ft., 8. Europe; 
Carrieri, white, May, 12 to 15 ft., hybrid; coccinea (Scarlet Thorn), white, May, 
20 ft., N. America; cordata, white June, 15 ft., United States; crus-galli (Cockspur 
Thorn), white, June, 20 ft., N. America; and its varieties arbutifolia, Downingii, 
fontanesiana, lineraris, ovalifolia, prunifolia and pyracanthifolia; Douglasii, white, 
May, 15 ft., N.W. America; melanocarpa, white, May, 15 ft., Tauria; mollis, white 
and red, May, 20 ft., United States; orientalis, white, May, 15 ft., Orient; 
Oxycantha (Common Hawthorn), white, May, 15 ft., Europe; Oxycantha monagyna 
precox (Glastonbury Thorn), white, Deo. to Murch; 15 ft.; Oxycanthus oxycan- 
thoides flore-pleno albo (Double White Thorn), white, May and June; Oxycanthus 
oxycanthoides flore-pleno coccineo (Double Scarlet Thorn), scarlet, May and June; 
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