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THE PRACTICAL GARDENER. 



Soil. Mode of Propagation. 



Calothamnus . .Peat and loam. ... . . By cuttings, which root freely if kept from damp. 



Calytrix Sandy loam and peat . .By cuttings, but not very readily. 



Camellia. Sandy loam and peat . J '^"^^'^ """'"SS and by grafung and inarch- 



( iug on stocks of their own species. 



Camphorosma . Peat and loam By cuttings. 



Campylia . . . .Sandy peat and loam . . By cuttings taken off at a joint. 



Canarina Light sandy loam By dividing the roots, or by cuttings of the stem. 



Capraria Loam and peat ..... .By cuttings. 



Carthamus . . . .Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Cassia Peat and loam By seeds or cuttings. 



Cassine Peat and loam Cuttings of the ripened wood strike freely. 



Cassuarina.. .Peat and loam ,By cuttings, and often by imported seeds. 



Ceanothus . . . .Sandy loam and peat . . By cuttings. 



Celastrus Peat and loam , . .By cuttings. 



Centaurea . . . .Peat and loam Cuttings strike freely. 



Cestrum Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Cheilanthus. . .Peat and veget. mould. . By seeds, and by dividing the roots. 



Chciranthus . . . Peat and loam Cuttings strike readily. 



Chenolea Peat and loam By cuttings. 



C By layers in spring ; by cuttings of the young 



Chimonanthus. Peat and loam -s wood in summer; but in greater quantity 



C from seeds imported. 



Chironia Sandy peat Cuttings root freely. 



Chorizema . . .Peat and light loam . . .By cuttings, but much better from seeds, 



Chrj san. ) p^^^ ^ j^^^ j Cuttings root freely, and some species by ^ivicUnj 



hemum. ) ^ the roots. 



ChrAsocoma. . .Peat and loam By cuttings. 



Cineraria Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Cissus Peat and loam Strike by cuttings in bottom-heat 



/• Most of the specieji propagate freely by aittingi, 



Cistus Peat and loam ^ and all of them from seeds, which ripen 



( abundantly. 



Citrus Rich soil By seeds, cuttings, inarching, and grafting. 



Clerodendrum . Loam and peat By cuttings. 



Clethera Loam and peat By cuttings, and also by seeds, which ripen oflen. 



Clitfortia. Peat and loam By cuttings. 



Cluytia Peat and loam Cuttings strike freely. 



Coba'a Rich soil Generally by seeds, and sometimes by cuttings. 



Commelina . . .Peat and loam. By seeds, and dividing the roots. 



C Some of the species by cuttings of the roots, 

 Convoh-ulus . . . Loam aud peat \ others by seeds, and several by cuttings of the 



V branches. 



Coris Peat and loam ^Should be pei-petuated by seeds, but is often 



< propagated by cuttings. 



Coronilla Loam and peat By cuttings freely. 



/"Cuttings of the ripened wood strike pretty freely, 

 ) particularly C. alba aud Veridijlora, and are 

 " ' j used as stocks, on which to inarch or graft the 

 C other rarer sorts. 



Corroea Peat and loam , 



