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FLOWEHS. 



or in some place where they can have air and light, during 

 the winter. They merit all the care that can be bestowed 

 upon them. 



Cassia Marylandica is a perennial plant, producing 

 many small yellow flowers, suitable only to stand in a bor- 

 der. It is hardy, and is propagated by seed. 



Cat ALP A — Catalpa syringcBfolia — is a beautiful tree, much 

 admired for its foliage and showy flowers. It is propagated 

 by seed. 



Cherry, double-flowering. — This is one of the most 

 beautiful trees in the flower-garden or shrubbery ; cultiva- 

 tion the same as that of the common cherry. 



Chrysanthemum Indicum. — -This is a superb perennial 

 flower, much esteemed ; being hardy, and affording a bril- 

 liant display of beauty, late in the autumn, when the chilling 

 blasts of the north-west and frosts have only left us the 

 vestiges of departed verdure. They may stand in open 

 ground until August or September, and then be taken up 

 and placed in pots. When the frosts appear, keep them in 

 a sitting room until after flowering, which is a long time, 

 and then the roots may be put in the cellar, or in open 

 ground. They will flower in the garden, if properly cov- 

 ered with glass. There are many varieties, all of which 

 are propagated by dividing the roots. 



Clematis, Austrian — Clematis integrifolia — is a peren- 

 nial plantj producing very neat flow^ers. Best propagated 

 by dividing the roots. 



Clethra- -C/e^/im alnifolia — is a very common shrub, 

 which produces fragrant flowers, in clusters, in the autumn. 



Columbine. — Aqitilegia. — Perennial — very common — 

 very neat — m.any species. 



Convolvulus. — Many species — annual. — -Convolvulus 

 major is commonly called morning glory. It is a vine, and 

 a great runner — many colours. Convolvulus minor, called 

 beauty of the nighty because it blossoms at evening — many 

 colours. They are much admired. The seed must be sown 

 early in the spring. 



CoRCHORus Japonicus. — This shrub, although cultivated 

 as a green-house plant, will thrive in a warm, sheltered place 

 in a garden. It produces numerous flowers of a golden 

 yellow, in wreaths, much admired. 



Crocus. — A bulbous-rooted plant — hardy — very early — 

 various colours ; as blue, white, purple, yellow, &c. Ap- 

 pears to advantage in small pots. Propagated by the bulbs. 



Cupid's car, or Monk's hood — Aconitum napellas — is a 



