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growing freely either in peat or light loam, or both mixed. The flowers are a dark 
brown colour, and very fragrant, resembling the odour of ripe melons. The usual 
mode of propagation is by layers, which strike soonest if they are tongued and 
laid down in sandy peat. They will also grow from cuttings, but not very freely, if 
planted under a hand-glass in spring under a north wall. 
COTONEASTER. 
C. frigida. A low, handsome, deciduous tree, a native of Nepal, where it was 
discovered some years ago by Dr. Wallich. It bears a profusion of white blossoms 
dn spring, and is covered with bunches of red berries in the autumn. C. microphylla 
is a very different species from frigida, being an evergreen shrub, seldom exceeding 
a foot in height, and bearing solitary white flowers. The foliage is glossy, and 
very handsome. It is a native of Nepal. C. laxiflora. — This is a low deciduous 
shrub, inferior in beauty to the other two, but possessing many good qualities to 
recommend it. This and the first are propagated by layers and seeds, and will 
grow in any common garden soil. The Microphylla may be propagated by cuttings 
planted under a hand-glass in peat earth, on a warm but shady border in August, 
and they will be ready to pot off the following May. 
CRAT^GUS. 
To stand as single trees, or be incorporated with others in a shrubbery, perhaps 
the above kinds of thorn yield in beauty to scarcely any plant, particularly during 
the month of May, when their leaves are literally hid from sight by a profusion of 
crimson, scarlet, or white flowers, and in the autumn, when they are covered with 
red berries. They will grow in any soil and situation, and are readily increased by 
grafting on stocks of the quince and common thorn, by layers and by seeds. 
COLUTEA. 
Both these species of bladder senna are very ornamental when planted near 
the front of a shrubbery ; they flower freely, and will grow in nearly any soil or 
situation, and are readily increased by seeds, which ripen in abundance. 
CYTISUS. 
These are so well known, that little need be said about them. The C. purpureus 
and nigricans are pretty ornaments on the flower borders, where, trained to a stake, 
they grow from three to four feet high. They also look very pretty grafted upon 
the laburnum stock, but being feeble growers the stock soon destroys them; the 
falcata, no doubt, would answer this way. They are readily increased by layers and 
seeds, which ripen freely, also by cuttings. 
DEUTZIA. 
D. scabra. This is a native of Japan, where it was found growing upon the 
Fakon Mountains. It forms quite a small shrub of slender growth, and may be 
propagated by cuttings planted under a hand-glass, on a warm shady border. It 
will grow in any common garden soil. 
