ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PLANTS 231 
to increase the stock, or pieces here and there may be dug out and 
the holes filled in with rich soil and decayed manure. The flower 
stalks should always be cut, not pulled out. 
C. majalis. 6 to 12 inches, flowering May and June. 
C. „ Fortin’s variety. A giant form, equally fragrant. 
C. „ rosea. Rose-coloured variety. 
COREOPSIS. (N.O. Compositse.) 
A valuable plant from North America. Brilliant yellow and 
handsome, flowers on strong stems 18 inches in length. Lasting 
well and in flower from August to September. Any soil or situation. 
Propagated by division or seed. 
C. grandifiora and its improved variety Eldorado . Brilliant 
yellow, flowering all summer. 
C. lanceolata . Yellow. 
C. palmata. Orange yellow. Erect stems 18 inches high. 
CRINUM CAPENSE, “Cape Lily.” (N.O. Amaryllidaceae.) 
Hardy plants from the Cape with long, strap-shaped leaves and 
umbels of pink and white lily-like flowers on tall stems. Should 
have a well-drained soil, preferring sandy loam well enriched. 
Propagate by offsets. 
C. Powellii. Very handsome rose-coloured flowers, with a 
scarce, white variety, not quite hardy, and well worth 
protection in cold or wet places. 
CROCUS. (N.O. Irideae.) 
Early spring or autumn bulbs in yellow, white, blue, purple, and 
lilac, the yellow being the earliest. The blue crocus is found wild 
in parts of England, and there is a tradition that it appears where 
Danish blood was spilled. Sand and leaf-mould mixed will help 
them, though even in the worst soil they flourish. Increase by 
offsets when too thick. 
The autumn crocus is very beautiful, and, unlike the colchicum, 
has not the massive foliage which is so untidy as it dies off, and is 
very suitable for borders. 
C. nudiflorus. Mauve, October. 
C. sativus. Violet, September, October ; liking warm, dry 
soil. 
C. speciosus. Lilac - purple, handsome autumn - flowering 
variety. 
