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ill a well-prepared bed of the garden. The next year they will 

 flower, and therefore should be planted out, or potted for blowing, 

 in the fail of their first year's growth. Lastly, the carnation is 

 greatly the prey of ear-wigs, so much so that precautions the most 

 careful are always resorted to to prevent the plants falling a sacri- 

 fice to these mischievous vermin. See paragraph 309. 



454. CATCHFLY.— Lat. Silene compata. A very pretty little 

 hardy annual, which should be sown very early in thick clumps. 

 It produces abundance of seed, and if suffered to sow itself, will 

 come up in the autumn and be very strong, and early in the spring. 

 Blows in July and August, and grows a foot and a half high.-- — 

 LoheVs Catclifly is a very handsome perennial, blowing a very 

 pretty double peach-blossom-coloured flower in May and June, 

 which rises from a tuft of leaves to about eighteen inches in 

 height. Likes a good garden mould, but is not very particular 

 in that respect ; and it is very easily propagated by parting the 

 roots in spring or autumn. 



455. CENTAURY, or 5Z£;ee^5z<^^«w. — Lat. Centaur eamoschata. 

 A hardy annual plant from the Levant, about two feet high, and 



blows a purple flower in July and August. Centaury, or 



yellow sweet sultan, — Lat. C. suaveolens. A hardy annual plant 

 from the Levant, one or two feet high, and blowing a yellow 

 flower in July and August. Propagated by sowing in pots 

 or in a bed, and planting out when the young plants are large 

 enough. 



456. CHRYSANTHEMUM, Indian.— L^t. C. Indicum. A 

 perennial plant of China and India, which grows three feet high, 

 and blows beautiful deep puiple, white, and yellow flowers in No- 

 vember and December. Propagated by dividing the roots in spring, 

 or by cuttings in summer, and requires moving every two years, 



and good rich land. Chrysanthemum, corn marigold. — Lat. 



C. segetum. An annual plant, common amongst wheat, which 

 grows one foot high, and blows a vellow flower in July. Propagated 



by sowing. Chrysanthemum, garden. — Lat. C. coronarium. 



An annual plant from the south of France, which grows two or 

 three feet high, and blows a yellow or white flower in July, 

 August and September. Propagated by sowing the seed where it 

 is to blow. 



457. CHELONE. — Lat. C. harhata. A perennial plant ori- 

 ginally from Mexico, w hich blows a beautiful red flower in July and 



