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PART III. 



in the open garden, in the neighbourhood of London, and more especially if 

 the plant is trained against a wall. The blossoms are produced singly, in the 

 axils of the leaves, on the shoots of the preceding year, and also on spurs 

 proceeding from the old wood. The soil, culture, &c, are the same as for 

 Calyc&nthus. 



& 1. C. FRA y GRANS Lindl. The fragrant^owered Chimonanthus. 



Identification. Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 404. 451. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 2. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 652. 

 Si/nom/nits. Calvcinthus precox Lin. Sj>., 1718., Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 2. p. 220. t. 10., Curt. 

 ' Hot'. Mag., t. 466., Lam. III., t. 445. t. 2. ; Meratia f'ragrans Necs Act. Soc. Nat. Bonn., 11. p. 107. ; 



O'bai, or Rdbai Kampf. Amivn., 879. ic. ; the Winter Flower; Calycante de Japon, Fr. ; Japa- 



nisclie Kelch Blume, Go: 

 Engravings. Ka?mpf. Amcen. ic. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1. vol. 2. t. 10. ; Bot. Mag., t. 466. ; Lam. 111., 



t'. 445. t. 2. j and our Jig. 662. 



Spec. Chetr.j $c. Bark and leaves scentless. Flowers protruded before the 

 leaves, solitary in the old axils of leaves, extremely odorous, yellowish, 

 and purple within. Fruit flask-shaped, or thicker above the base, and in the 

 upper part tapered into a cylindraceous neck. (Dec. Prod. 3 iii. p. 2.) 



Varieties. 



a C.f. 2 grandijiorus Lindl. Bot. Reg., t. 451. ; and our/g. 663. — Flowers 



larger, and more spreading. Fruit oblong, tapered at the base. 



(Dec. Prod., iii. p. 2.) 

 afe C.f. 3 lidens Hort. has the flowers yellow both inside and outside. 



Descr'qrtion., cfc. Deciduous shrubs, growing to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., 

 as bushes, in the open ground, in sheltered situations in the neighbourhood of 



London, and much higher 

 when trained against a wall. 

 The bark is whitish, and the 

 leaves of a smooth, shining, 

 light green. The flowers, 

 which are produced in the 

 greatest abundance, from 

 November till March (as 

 the name, winter flower im- 

 plies), and which are de- 

 lightfully and refreshingly 

 fragrant, scent the air to a 

 considerable distance round the tree. This species was introduced in 1776, 

 and was generally treated as a conservatory shrub, till within the last 15 

 years ; when it was found to be quite hardy, more especially when trained 

 against a wall. It is now grown in most choice gardens for its flowers; a 

 few of which are gathered daily, and placed in the drawingroom, or bou- 

 doir, in the same manner as violets. The plant is generally propagated 

 by layers ; but it frequently produces seeds, from which many plants have 

 been raised. The variety C. f. grandifiorus has the flowers rather less fragrant 

 than the species, but they are much more ornamental. This is so very 

 desirable a shrub, on account of the fragrance of its flowers, and their being 

 produced through the whole of the winter, that no garden whatever ought to 

 be without it. In the small plots in the front of suburban street houses, it 

 may be planted against the house, and trained up so as to form a border to 

 one or more of the windows. In all gardens north of London, it deserves a 

 wall as much as any fruit tree; at least judging from the measure of enjoy- 

 ment which it is calculated to afford : and, south of London, it may also be 

 planted as a standard bush on the open lawn, or in the shrubbery. There are 

 remarkably fine specimens of the species and varieties in the garden of the 

 Loudon Horticultural Society, in the Botanic Garden at Twickenham, at 

 Messrs. Loddiges'f ; and, as standards, in the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson, at 

 looting. The price of plants of the species, in the London nurseries, was, till 

 lately, WOOl 5#. to 7.v. each; at present, the species, and C. f. luteus, are 

 ; . each ; and C. f. grandiflorus is Is. 6d, At Bollwyller, the species is 5 

 >r,.h< ,; and at New York, 2 dollars, and the yellow-flowering variety 1 dollar. 



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