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eniiial of North America, two feet ia height, and blows a jellow 

 liower from August to September. Coreopsis, alternate- 

 leaved. — Lat. C. delphinifolia. A perennial plant of North Ame- 

 rica, eighteen inches high, and blows a jellow and very bright 

 dower from July till October. Both sorts propagated by dividing 

 their roots. Any soil suits them, but they like an open situation. 



467. CORIS, Montpelier. — Lat. Mons-joeliensis. A biennial 

 frame plant of the southern coast of France, seven or eight inches 

 high, and blows a pretty red flower in May and June. Propagated 

 by seed sowed in pots, in the spring, and likes a bght and sandy 

 soil and but little water. 



468. CORN-FLAG. — Lat. Gladiolus communis. A plant from 

 the south of France, one or two feet high, and blows, in June and 



July, a purplish flower. The Superb — Lat. G. car dinalis— is 



larger than the common, and is of a fine deep scarlet, with large 

 white spots on its lower petals. Grows two or three feet high. 

 Flowers in July and August. The variety called Gladiolus Py- 

 ramidalis is also very handsome, and is an abundant flowerer. 

 For the treatment of these plants, see Ixia ; for what suits that 

 plant suits these. Propagate them all by offsets. 



469. COWSLIP. — Lat. Primida veris. A hardy perennial 

 plant, common in meadows all over England. It blows a pale yellow 

 flower in April and May. Propagated by separating the roots, 

 also by seed, sow^n in November and December, in shallow pots 

 full of good light earth. The seed sown on the surface of this 

 earth should be lightly covered with sandy or heath mould, and 

 the pots exposed to the east. Should remain a year in the pots, 



and be planted out in the spring. Cowslip, Virginian. — 



Lat. Dodecatheon meadia. A perennial plant from Virginia, 

 '.vhich is about eight or nine inches high, and blows in April or 

 iSIay. It does very well in the open ground, and when kept in a 

 house in pots, it shoidd be exposed to the air in mild weather. It 

 likes goo i earth, mixed with rotten dung. Propagated by sepa- 

 lating the roots every three or four years. 



470. CREPIS, or Haick's beard, purple. — Lat. crepis rubra. 

 A hardy annual plant of the south of France, about eight or ten 

 inches high, and blows a purple flower in June and July. Pro- 

 pagated by sowing in borders in the spring, and planting out 

 when the plants have a few leaves. 



471. CROCUS. — Lat. C. vermis. Indigenous bulb : and one of 



