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cy'tisus. 



half double flowers, and some the 

 flowers of which are of a pale blush 

 colour. 



Cymbi'dium — Orchidaceoe. — 

 Stove Epiphytes, with boat-shaped 

 flowers. See Orchideous Epiphytes. 



Cy'nips, the Gall fly. A kind 

 of gnat, which occasions the galls on 

 oaks, &c. The Bedeguar, a disease 

 which affects rose-trees, is occasioned 

 by Cynips rbsce, a little insect, not 

 more than the twelfth of an inch 

 long, having the legs and body red, 

 tipped with black. This little crea- 

 ture wounds the twig of the rose-tree 

 and deposits its eggs under the bark.. 

 The wound swells, and forms an ex- 

 crescence, often two inches in dia- 

 meter, and covered with green or 

 pink hairs, which are curiously 

 branched at their extremities like 

 little masses of coral. The ex- 

 crescence is so ornamental that it 

 seems almost a pity to destroy it, 

 and yet, when opened, it will be 

 found to contain a great number of 

 the grubs or pupse of the fly. 



Cynoglo'ssum. — Boraginece. — 

 Hound's tongue. Pretty little bi- 

 ennial and annual plants ; natives 

 of Europe, and requiring only the 

 common culture of plants of a 

 similar nature. Venus's Navel- 

 wort was formerly considered to 

 belong to this genus, but it is now 

 removed to Omphalodes. 



CYPE'i.LA..-—Iridacece. — A beauti- 

 ful bulbous-rooted plant, from Bue- 

 nos Ayres. It requires the usual 

 culture of the Iridacese. (See Cape 

 Bulbs.) 



Cypress. — See Cupressus. 



Cypripe^dium. — Orchidacece. — 

 The Ladies' Slipper. Terrestrial or- 

 chideous plants, mostly natives of 

 North America. They should be 

 grown in peat soil in a shady border, 

 and covered with a hand-glass, or in 

 some other manner so as to keep 

 them dry during winter. They are 



very difficult to propagate in this 

 country, and the plants bought in the 

 seed- shops and nurseries have gene- 

 rally been imported from America. 



Cyri'lla. — EricacecB, — Green- 

 house shrubs with very small white 

 flowers. For an account of the beau- 

 tiful plant sometimes called Cyrilla 

 pulchella, see Trevirana. 



Cyrta'nthus. — Amaryll'idacece. 

 — Cape bulbs, with heads of showy 

 tube-shaped flowers. For culture 

 see Amaryllis. 



Cyktochi n lum. — Orchidacece. — 

 Splendid Mexican epiphytes ; which 

 are generally grown on part of the 

 branch of a tree, or in the husk of a 

 cocoa-nut, hung up from the rafters 

 of a hothouse, or damp stove. When 

 planted, the roots should be wrap- 

 ped up in wet moss, and tied on 

 the branch, or placed in the husk; 

 and the plants should be kept in a 

 damp atmosphere, and frequently 

 watered. Sometimes these epiphytes 

 are grown in pots, in which case the 

 soil should be peat, mixed with lime 

 rubbish. 



Cy'tisus. — Leguminbsce. — There 

 are above fifty kinds of Cytisus ; but 

 the kinds best known are the Labur- 

 nums, the common Broom, (C. sco- 

 parius,) and the Portugal Broom, (C. 

 dibits.) The common Laburnum, C. 

 Laburnum, is a well-known tree, 

 ■which if it were less common, would 

 be thought extremely beautiful. 

 There are only three or four distinct 

 varieties, but the plant varies very 

 much in the size of its flowers, in their 

 colour, and the length of the racemes 

 in which they are disposed, and in 

 their fragrance. The Scotch Labur- 

 num, C. alplnus, is much more 

 beautiful than the common kind ; 

 both the flowers and leaves are larger, 

 and the flowers are more frequently 

 fragrant. They are also produced 

 much later in the season, not coming 

 into flower till the others are quite 



