CINERARIA. 



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Cl'STUS. 



rum, but when examined closely, 

 the flowers will be found to differ in 

 their construction, and in the number 

 of the little inner petals, which are 

 five in TropEeolum, and only two in 

 Chymocarpus. The root of the first 

 also somewhat resembles a po'ato, 

 and that of the last a carrot. Chy- 

 mocarpus pentaphyllus is a beauti- 

 ful climbing plant from Buenos Ayres, 

 growing freely in sandy peat and 

 loam, in the open air, if planted 

 against a south wall. It grows very 

 rapidly, and produces a profusion of 

 red and green flowers during the whole 

 summer, which, should the autumn 

 be favourable, are succeeded by a 

 number of black juicy berries, which, 

 in flavour and appearance, are not 

 unlike the Zante grape. It grows 

 freely from seeds, if sown in a gentle 

 heat immediately they are ripe, and 

 may be increased by cuttings, or divi- 

 sion of the roots. When it is grown 

 in a pot, care must be taken not to 

 over-water it, when the stems have 

 died down in the autumn. "When 

 trained over a wire frame, it makes a 

 splendid show when in flower, or 

 fruit. 



Cinchona. — See Luci/lia. 



CinerVria. — Composites. — The 

 Cape Aster. The half-shrubby plants 

 belonging to this genus are all of 

 easy culture, and hybridize freely 

 with each other ; and when it is 

 added that they produce a great 

 abundance of showy flowers, it will 

 not appear surprising that ihey are in 

 general cultivation. They are nearly 

 hardy, but are always grown in pots, 

 as they flower so early in the season, 

 that in the open ground their flower- 

 buds would be liable to be nipped by 

 frost. They are grown in light rich 

 soil, and only require ordinary atten- 

 tion in watering. They are propa- 

 gated by dividing the roots in August, 

 by cuttings struck in autumn, or by 

 seeds, which they ripen in abundance. 



The seed should be sown in May, on 

 a slight hotbed, and the young plants 

 pricked out into small pots, and 

 shifted frequently during the summer. 

 If they are wanted to flower in De- 

 cember, they should be kept in the 

 greenhouse all the year, and they will 

 hegin to throw up their flower-stalks 

 in October ; but if they are not wanted 

 to flower before April, the usual time 

 of their flowering, they may stand in 

 the open air, and need not he shifted 

 above three or four times during the 

 summer; and in October they may 

 be put into a cold pit, where they 

 may remain, just protected from the 

 frost till March, when they will begin 

 to send up their flower-stalks. Nearly 

 all the beautiful purple-flowered kinds 

 are varieties of hybrids of C. cruenta, 

 a native of the Canaries. The finest 

 hybrids are C. Waterhousiana, C. 

 Hendersonii, and the kind called 

 the King. 



The herbaceous species of Cineraria 

 have nearly all yellow flowers, and 

 many of them are natives of Europe. 

 They should be grown in rather light 

 soil, and they are propagated by divi- 

 sion of the root. C. aurea, with 

 golden yellow flowers, a native of 

 Siberia, is one of the handsomest spe- 

 cies. Professor De Candolle, in his 

 late arrangement of the Composite, 

 has removed most of the plants for- 

 merly included in the genus Cinera- 

 ria, to Senecio. 



Cjrca. v a. — Onagraceos. — Enchan- 

 ter's Nightshade. A pretty little 

 British plant, growing in any soil and 

 situation. 



Ci'stus. — Cistinece. — The Rock 

 Rose. Beautiful hardy and half- 

 hardy shrubs, which grow freely in a 

 mixture of loam and peat, and are 

 readily increased by cuttings planted 

 under a hand-glass, layers, or seeds, 

 which are ripened in abundance. 

 Most of the species are of low growth, 

 and are generally used for rock- work ; 



