CY CLAMEX. 



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CYDO XIA. 



deed, will require no water till they 

 have struck. 



Many plants, the shoots of which 

 will not root readily, are easily in- 

 creased by cuttings of the roots ; such 

 as some of the Acacias, Roses, &c. 

 Roots not less than a quarter of an 

 inch in diameter should be chosen, 

 and planted in the same kind of soil 

 in which they have previously been 

 growing, with their tops just above 

 the surface of the soil, and plunged 

 in a gentle bottom heat, when they 

 will, in a few weeks, form a bud, 

 and send up a shoot, and thus become 

 well-established plants in a shorter 

 time than by almost any other me- 

 thod. Many hardy plants are raised 

 from cuttings of the roots, and these 

 only require to be put into light rich 

 soil near a wall, or in any other shel- 

 tered situation, and to be kept rather 

 moist, and shaded occasionally. 



Cya'nus.— The Corn Blue-bottle. 

 See Centaure v a. 



Cy^cas. — Cycadeee. — A kind of 

 herbaceous Palm, requiring the heat 

 of a stove, aud remarkable for its 

 curious root-like stem, and enormous 

 fern-like leaves. It very rarely 

 fruits in England, and the leaves of 

 some of the species are said to wither 

 if touched by the hand. It should 

 be grown in a strong rich loam. 



Cy'clamen. — Pr'vmula>ce<B. — 

 Handsome and curious tuberous rooted 

 herbaceous plants. C. europaium 

 is a native of Switzerland, and is very 

 fragrant ; C. coum, and C. vernum 

 are natives of the South of Europe ; 

 and all these kinds are hardy in Bri- 

 tish gardens, and require no other 

 care than to be grown in light rich 

 eoil. C. persicum is a greenhouse 

 species, the roots of which should be 

 planted in well-drained pots, early in 

 September, and kept in the open air 

 till they have thrown out leaves, 

 when they should be removed to the 

 greenhouse. They require plenty of 



air, and but very little heat ; and 

 during the months of November and 

 December, they should have very 

 little water; though, when the flowers 

 begin to form, they should be abun- 

 dantly supplied. When they have 

 ceased flowering, the supply of water 

 should bediminished ; and about June, 

 the roots should be taken out of the 

 ground, and kept dry till the season 

 for planting the following autumn. 

 The best soil for them is equal parts 

 of loam and rotten manure, or leaf 

 mould, with a little peat and sand, 

 or heath mould. All the kinds are 

 propagated by seed, which they ripen 

 in abundance ; and they all require 

 an open airy situation. 



Cyclobo'thra. — Liliacece. —Bulb- 

 ous-rooted plants, natives of Cali- 

 fornia, with nodding flowers, like 

 those of the Fritillarias. They are 

 nearly hardy, and only require to be 

 kept dry during winter, or to be taken 

 up in autumn and replanted in spring. 

 They flower at midsummer. 



Cycno v ches. — Orcliidacece. — An 

 Orchideous plant, commonly called 

 Swan-wort, from the graceful curve of 

 the column of the flower, which resem- 

 bles the neck of a swan. It requires 

 a very damp atmosphere, and the 

 greatest heat ever applied to a damp 

 stove. For the culture see Orchi- 

 deous Epiphytes. 



Cydo v nia. — Rosacea. — The bo- 

 tanic name of the Quince tree ; but 

 now applied also to that beautiful 

 and well-known shrub, with bright 

 scarlet flowers, formerly called Pe- 

 rils japonica. Cydonia japonica, 

 though a native of Japan, is quite 

 hardy, and will grow in any soil and 

 situation if not too much exposed. 

 It bears pruning without injury, and 

 makes a good hedge. It retains its 

 leaves nearly all the winter ; and in 

 mild seasons, and sheltered situations, 

 it is almost always in flower. There 

 are three or four varieties ; some with 



