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C. Trlonfo di Lodi. — White, streaked with, rose ; 

 beautifully imbricated. 



C. Valtevareda. — Bright rose, often spotted with 

 pure white ; large and beautifully imbricated ; 

 extra. 



C. Virgine de Colle Beato. — Pure white ; petals 

 spirally imbricated ; a charming flower ; extra. 



C. Virgine Franco. — Pink and white, streaked and 

 spotted with red ; good shape. 



C. Wilderii. — Soft rose ; fine form ; beautifully 

 imbricated; extra. 



Campsidium, — A genus belonging to the Big- 

 noniaccce, requiring the same treatment as Bignonia, 

 which see. 



C. cJiUioise. — A conspicuous climber, but its 

 beauties appear to be little known, or it would be 

 more frequently seen in our plant -houses. The 

 whole plant is quite smooth ; the petioles are 

 winged, and the closely-set leaflets are sessile, 

 oblong lanceolate in shape, very sparingly toothed, 

 and dark green ; the racemes are terminal and pen- 

 dulous, bearing numerous bright scarlet tubular 

 flowers. Spring and early summer. Chili. 



Canarina. — A genus of Canipamdacece, which 

 contains one species only ; this is tuberous-rooted, 

 the stems dying down, and the plant remains in a 

 dormant state for several months in the year. 



The soil should be equal parts of rough peat and 

 loam, and a warm corner of the green-house should 

 be assigned to it when growing. Propagation by 

 division. 



C. campanula. — This plant seems to have been in- 

 troduced to our plant-houses so long ago as the 

 year 1696. The root is tuberous and milky, pro- 

 ducing soft hollow stems, which are sparingly fur- 

 nished with thin, opposite, shining light green 

 leaves. The flowers are large, pendulous, bell- 

 shaped, and yellowish-orange, a shade of colour very 

 rarely met with in this order. The season of its 

 blooming much depends upon the time it is started 

 into growth, but the early spring months would 

 seem to be its usual time. Canary Islands. 



Cantua. — This genus contains but few species, 

 and these are too seldom seen ; they are all natives 

 of Peru, and require about the same treatment as 

 Fuchsias ; for soil, use a mixture of peat, loam, leaf- 

 soil and sand, in about equal parts. Drain the pots 

 well, and stand the plants in a good airy position. 



C. buxifolia, as its name implies, resembles the 

 Box, but sometimes they become lobed. Flowers 

 tubular, some four inches long ; tube crimson ; limb 

 spreading ; deep rose - colour. May and June. 

 1846. 



Ceratostema. — A genus belonging to the order 

 Vacciniacece, which is very nearly allied to the 

 Heath family. The order is not extensive, but it 

 contains a great quantity of very beautiful plants, 

 amongst which the single species of Ceratostema 

 here enumerated takes fii'st rank. 



The whole of the plants in the order to which 

 Ceratostema belongs are rather difiicult to cultivate ; 

 they require about the same treatment, and to avoid 

 repetition when describing other members of the 

 Vaccinice, we will refer to Ceratostema. 



The soil for these plants should be a mixture of 

 rough sandy peat and a little light loam. The pots 

 must be drained well, as they like an abundant 

 supply of water ; the atmosphere should be kept 

 rather moist, but there must be a free circulation of 

 air. These plants thrive well with Camellias, but 

 they like an abundance of light. 



C. speciosum — A strong-growing plant, with a 

 thick woody root-stock, from which the branches 

 spring ; leaves alternate, simple, ovate, dark green ; 

 flowers axillary in small clusters, some three inches 

 long and pendulous, tubes, crimson-scarlet, tipped 

 with yellow. Summer months. Ecuador. 



Chamoerops.— A small genus of Fan Palms, 

 found growing farther north than any other mem- 

 bers of the order, one species coming even so far 

 north as Nice. 



They are handsome plants, having their leaves 

 plaited, round, or fan-shaped, with numerous seg- 

 ments, which are deeply divided. The petioles are 

 long and stout, usually furnished with spines at the 

 edges, and enveloped at the base in a dense mass of 

 rough fibry tissue. The flowers are numerous, 

 produced in branching panicles from the base of the 

 leaves. The flowers, however, are inconspicuous, 

 and are succeeded by a large one-seeded berry. The 

 soil for their culture should be rich loam, with some 

 sharp sand added. Chamoerops enjoy an abundant 

 supply of water; therefore their pots should be 

 thoroughly drained. 



C. Fortunei (the Chusan Palm). — This species, 

 the correct name of which is Trachycarpus For- 

 tunei, named in honour of the celebrated traveller 

 Fortune, is a sturdy-growing plant, which has 

 proved hardy in various parts of this country ; but, 

 nevertheless, it does not seem to luxuriate, for in 

 such situations it grows but slowly, and does not 

 appear happy. As a'green-house ornament, however, 

 the case is altered ; here it is more vigorous, and its 

 leaves attain a much superior development. Grown 

 in tubs or large pots, it is a splendid object for the 

 embellishment of the sub-tropical garden in summer. 



The leaves of this plant are supjiorted upon long 

 unarmed petioles, and are in the form of, and plaited 



