CEANOTHUS, Rhamnaceae. A summer-flowering shrub that 
dies back each year. It grows best in full sun and in well 
drained soil [8E]. 
C. Delilianus (C. americanus x coeruleus). (Jn.-Jy.). 
CEDRUS, Pinaceae. Cedar. Stately evergreen trees of a pyrami¬ 
dal shape when young. They make good specimens [5D]. 
C. atlantica aurea.* 
C. a. glauca. 
C. Deodara. Deodar C.; Himal. 
C. libani. Cedar of Lebanon; Asia Minor, Syria. 
CELASTRUS, Celastraceae. Twining shrubs of spreading habit 
that bear brilliantly colored fruit. They often harbor scale in¬ 
sects [nursery]. 
C. angulata. China. 
C. gemmata. C. and W. China. 
C. Loeseneri. C. China. 
C. orbiculata. Oriental Bittersweet; Japan, China. 
C. Rosthorniana. C. and W. China. 
C. strigillosa. Japan. 
C. Vanioti. C. China. 
CELTIS, Ulmaceae. Hackberry. Gray-barked trees of no par¬ 
ticular ornamental merit but the ability to grow in a wide va¬ 
riety of soils. Hackberries produce orange fruits that are sweet 
when first ripe. As the result of a disease, C. occidentalis often 
bears witches’-brooms on its branches [1E, nursery]. 
C. australis. S. Eu., N. Afr., W. Asia. 
C. Biondii. C. China. 
C. Bungeana. China, Manch. and Korea. 
C. labilis. C. China. 
C. laevigata. Mississippi H.; S. Ind. to Fla. and Tex. 
C. occidentalis. Que. to N. C. and Fla. 
The Atlas Cedar, C. atlantica, is native in north Africa. 
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