chrysa'nthemum. 53 chymoca'rpus. 



quently ripened in abundance. All 

 the species are worth cultivating; and 

 they are interesting, not only for their 

 beauty, but for their name. Labil- 

 lardiere had been wandering in New 

 South Wales for several days in great 

 distress for water, all the springs he 

 found being too brackish to drink ; 

 when, at last, he and his companions 

 found a fresh-water spring. Near 

 the spring grew some of these plants, 

 which Labillardiere named Choro'ze- 

 ma, from two Greek words, signify- 

 ing to dance with joy from drinking. 



Christmas Rose. — See Helle'bo- 

 rus. 



Christ's Thorn. — See Paliurus. 



Chrysa'nthemum.-- Composites. — 

 C. si?iense, the Chinese Chrysanthe- 

 mum, and its varieties, are well 

 known, and have, for many years, 

 attracted the attention of the cultiva- 

 tor, on account of the great variety 

 of their showy flowers, which are 

 produced from October to December. 

 They grow freely in any light rich 

 soil, and are readily increased by 

 suckers, division of the roots, layers, 

 and cuttings, which flower the same 

 year they are struck ; and they are 

 some of those plants that derive great 

 advantage from frequent shifting. 

 When this is neglected, the stalks 

 are apt to become long and weak, 

 with few or no branches ; and as the 

 flowers are always terminal, they are 

 consequently few also. Taking off 

 the points of the shoots will make 

 the plants bushy, but it will have a 

 tendency to prevent their flowering ; 

 but repeatedly changing the pots 

 always into one only a little larger, 

 will not only make the plants bushy, 

 but induce them to flower abundantly. 

 When this mode of culture lias been 

 neglected, the Chrysanthemums should 

 be planted against a wall, or pegged 

 down over a bed in the flower-garden; 

 and by slightly protecting them dur- 

 ing frosty nights, they will frequently 



continue in flower till January or 

 February. The varieties are conti- 

 nually changing, new ones being 

 raised every year ; but nearly all the 

 kinds may be classed in one or other of 

 the following seven divisions, — the Ra- 

 nunculus-flowered, the Incurved, the 

 China Aster-flowered, the Marigold- 

 flowered, the Clustered, tbe Tasseled, 

 and the Quilled. The best annual 

 Chrysanthemums are C. tricolor, L., 

 (C. carinatum, Schou.,) with white, 

 yellow, and purple flowers, and C. 

 coronarium, L., with yellow flowers, 

 both of which are quite hardy, and 

 well worth a place in the flower- 

 garden. Seeds may be procured from 

 all the seedsmen. 



Chryso'coma. — Composites. — 

 Goldy-Locks. Low soft-wooded shrubs 

 from the Cape, with yellow flowers. 

 They thrive well in a mixture of 

 loam and peat, and are readily in- 

 creased by cuttings. The herbaceous 

 plants which were formerly included 

 in this genus, are now removed to 

 the genera Linosyris, Euthamia, 

 and Bigelovia. These are all natives 

 of North America, and all hardy 

 perennials, which will grow in any 

 common soil, and are speedily propa- 

 gated by division of the roots. 



Chryse v is. — See Eschscholtzia. 



Chrysosple^nium. — Saxifrageee. 

 — Golden Saxifiage. Herbaceous 

 plants, with yellow flowers, natives of 

 Britain, North America, and Nepal, 

 not growing more than 4 or 5 inches 

 high. They are rather difficult to 

 cultivate, but succeed best in a moist 

 shady situation, near a rivulet, or at 

 the foot of rock-work, or in a grotto. 

 They should be grown in a mixture 

 of loam and peat, and are propagated 

 by division of the roots. 



Chymoca'rpus.-- Tropedolece. — C. 

 pcntaphyllus is the new name for 

 Tropes olum pentaphyllum. The 

 general appearance of the plant re- 

 sembles that of Tropceolum tricolo- 



