CAPE BULBS. 



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CAPE SHRUBS. 



to belong to Campanula. All the 

 species grow freely in any common 

 soil, and are increased by dividing the 

 roots, or by seeds. The roots of all 

 the species are eatable. 



Campion. — See Silene, or Lych- 

 nis. 



Candleberry Myrtle. — See My- 

 ri x ca. 



Candytuft. — See Ibe v ris. 



Ca'nna, L. — Cannece, or Scila- 

 minece. — Splendid reed-like plants, 

 from the East and "West Indies, and 

 South America, of which two species, 

 C. patens and C. specibsa, are suf- 

 ficiently hardy to stand the winter at 

 the base of a south wall, where they 

 will flower freely during summer. 

 The common Indian shot, C. iiidica, 

 and almost all of the other kinds, 

 require a stove. They are all grown 

 in rich light soil, and are readily in- 

 creased by dividing the roots, or by 

 seeds. The seeds of the hardy kinds 

 generally require to be steeped in 

 water before they are sown. They 

 should then be raised on a hotbed, 

 and shifted two or three times before 

 they are planted out. 



Canterbury Bells. — See Campa'- 

 nula. 



Cantua, W. — See Gilia and Ipo- 



MOPSIS. 



Cape Bulbs are remarkable for 

 the beauty of their flowers ; and as 

 they occupy but little space, a consi- 

 derable collection of them may be 

 grown in a very small garden, in a 

 great measure without the aid of glass. 

 The situation should be exposed to 

 the south, and protected from the 

 north ; and the soil should consist of 

 sand and peat, or sand and leaf mould, 

 to the depth of two feet, thoroughly 

 drained. In such abed, all the Cape 

 Iridacea: may be planted, placing the 

 bulbs not less than six inches below 

 the surface of the ground, and pro- 

 tecting the plants when they come up 

 with a mat ; and after they die down, 



covering the bed with rotten tan, rot- 

 ten leaves, or litter. No other plants 

 ought to be planted on the bed during 

 the summer, nor any water given to 

 it during winter, lest the bulbs should 

 be rotted. If there is a sufficient 

 length of wall, with no trees planted 

 against it ; as, for example, the front 

 wall of a pit or hothouse, the best 

 mode is to make the bed not more 

 than two or three feet in width ; by 

 which means it may be easily and 

 effectually protected by shutters, 

 made to rest on the ground on one 

 edge, and to lean against the wall on 

 the other. When there is no such 

 wall, a very good mode of affording 

 protection during winter, is to sur- 

 round the bed with a wooden frame, 

 or a brick or stone wall ; and either 

 to cover it with glazed sashes, or oiled 

 canvass, in frames, or with boards, or 

 mats ; taking care always to uncover 

 the bed in fine weather. 



Cape Jasmine. — See Garde'nia. 

 Cape Ph yll yrea.-- Cassi ne capen- 

 sis, L. — A low, half-hardy shrub, 

 allied to the holly. 



Cape Shrubs in their native coun- 

 try grow chiefly in very sandy soil, 

 mixed with vegetable mould, formed 

 by the decay of the same shrubs 

 which it nourishes. The best imita- 

 tion of such a soil in British gardens 

 is sandy loam, which ought to be well 

 drained, by putting crocks or pot- 

 sherds in the bottom of the pots, to 

 the depth of an inch or two ; and af- 

 terwards covering them with turfy peat, 

 to prevent the soil from being washed 

 through the crocks. In the manage- 

 ment of Cape shrubs, the great art is, 

 to keep them uniformly moist ; but 

 never very wet, and never so dry as 

 to cause the plants to droop their 

 leaves. If ever they are allowed to 

 droop their leaves for three or four 

 hours, death is almost the certain con- 

 sequence ; and this is the reason why 

 so many Cape heaths are killed by 



