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planted it in the open where it proves practically hardy, 

 having withstood twenty-five degrees of frost un- 

 damaged. Its fragrant white flowers are produced in 

 the early summer, and in the southern counties it often 

 perfects a second crop in October, or later if the weather 

 be mild. 



Cistus. — Rock Rose. Some of the larger-growing of 

 these form handsome shrubs, for, though their flowers 

 are fugitive, they are produced in such quantity that the 

 fallen ones are immediately replaced by others. Among 

 the best are C. cyprius, C. ladaniferus maculatus and C 

 laurifolius, which grow to a height of five feet or more. 

 C. ladaniferus maculatus is difficult to obtain, C. cyprius 

 being usually supplied for it. The blossoms, white 

 with a deep claret-red spot at the base of each petal, 

 are very similar, but in C. cyprius the flowers are pro- 

 duced in clusters at the end of the sprays, whereas in 

 C. ladaniferus they are solitary. The pure white type 

 of C. ladaniferus is not in commerce. C. Florentinus is 

 a dwarf white-flowered species rarely exceeding two 

 feet in height. The Cistus revels in a dry sunny site. 



Cornus Mas. — Cornelian Cherry. An interesting little 

 tree bearing in February or March small, quaint flowers, 

 like tiny, yellow wheel-spokes on its leafless branches. 

 These are followed by the bright red fruits from which 

 it takes its name. 



Crataegus. — The scarlet Thorn and its double variety 

 as well as the double white are well-known to all, and 

 are handsome in the landscape. These and others of 

 the shrubs and trees here alluded to should not only be 

 planted immediately around the house, as is so often the 

 case, but amid natural surroundings at a distance. 



Cytisus. — Broom. These are valuable for their bright- 

 ness during the spring months. The first to bloom is 

 the pale sulphur C.pracox, followed later by the golden 

 C. scoparius and its chestnut and yellow variety, C. Andre- 



