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AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF 



buds and the back of the flowers are pure white, making it appear 

 as if one plant bore many different-coloured flowers at one time. 

 The stem and foliage are very graceful, and of a delightful odour, 

 and when placed in water remain fresh for many days. 



Ceradia furcata. — A South African low-growing shrub ; the leaves 

 and branches exude an oily substance smelling like myrrh when 

 walked over, and the scent, which strongly impregnates the air, is 

 very powerful in tlie evening. It bears magnificent yellow flowers. 



Cerasus, the botanical name of the family that includes the Cherry. 

 Although the varieties common to fruit-gardens have little scented 

 attractions, there are one or two of the ornamental kinds that are 

 very fragrant, notably G. ^lalialeb, from the shores of the 

 Mediterranean, where both the leaves and flowers are largely used 

 in perfumery. 



Cereus grandiflora, the night-flowering Cactus, magnificent and 

 beautiful. Its blossoms open in the evening, emit a delicious scent 

 like vanilla, and by morning are withering aw^ay. During their 

 short-lived beauty few flowers can compare with this lovely plant, 

 for when open they are nearly a foot in diameter, the inside being 

 of a straw yellow, appear like the rays of a bright star ; the out- 

 side is chocolate brown. C. serjjentinus is musk-scented. 



Cerinthe minor (Honeyicort). — An amiual, bearing purple, scented 

 flowers with a yellow tube ; the honey juice these tubes contain are 

 a great attraction to bees. This plant grows wild in the fields of 

 South Europe. 



Cestrum nocturnum. — An evergreen Mexican shrub, with scented 

 attractions attached to the flowers. C. vesjJertimun is vanilla-scented. 

 Champaca. See Michelia Champaca. 



Chamaedorea fragrans. — A tropical American palm with white flowers 

 that emit an elegant perfume very like Marechal Neil roses. 



Chailletia. — Tropical shrubby or climbing trees. G. pedunculata bears 

 insignificant white, scented flowers. 



Cheilanthes fragrans, or Polypodium fragrans.— A greenhouse fern 

 from South Europe, the fronds of which when handled emit a 

 pleasant perfume resembling new-mown hay, which they retain a 

 long time after being gathered. G. suaveolens and G. odora, from 

 the island of Madeira, possess similar attractions. 



Cheiranthus Cheiri (Wallflower),— A perennial flowering plant with 

 delicately fragrant flowers. 



' The yellow Wallflower, stained with iron brown ; 

 That scents the garden far around.' — Thomson. 



It is the flower with which romance-writers embellish their stories 

 relating to ruins and desolate places. From the fact that Wall- 



