CYR TO CERA S — CURCULIGO. 



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plant is very liable to be overrun by mealy bug, but no strong insecticide ought to be 

 employed, as this is apt to disfigure the foliage. Sponge lightly with weak soapy water 

 for cleaning the leaves. 



Cyperus. — See Commercial Floriculture. 



cyrtoceras. — C. multiflorum, a Borneo species, of which there are various synonyms, 



Fig. 145. Curculioo eeotrvata. vatuegata. 



is a stove evergreen twiner, and nearly allied to Hoya. It attains a height of 3 to 5 feet, 

 and produces white and buff flowers, in drooping umbels, during August. It is propa- 

 gated by short cuttings of firm shoots, inserted in pure sand under a bell-glass in brisk 

 bottom heat, any time from March to July. Suitable soil consists of equal parts fibrous 

 peat and sandy loam, with small pieces of charcoal added freely. The pots must 

 be well-drained and not large. Train the plants over a trellis. Avoid overwatering 



