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Lancashire growers are celebrated, and 
we have seen some really magnificent 
specimens in their gardens. To make 
fine plants of these, cuttings should be 
taken in July or August, and struck 
under a handlight on a shaded border, 
potting them, as soon as it is known 
they are rooted, in sandy loam and leaf 
mould; such plants become well esta¬ 
blished before the winter, and in spring, 
when placed in the open borders, grow 
luxuriantly, and are speedily covered 
with flowers. The single kinds are 
usually treated as annuals; a sowing is 
made about the time recommended for 
striking the double varieties, and they 
are afterwards removed to final stations. 
CHELONE (Linn.) Nat. Or. Scro- 
phulariaceae. Yery handsome herbaceous 
plants, quite hardy in sheltered situa¬ 
tions, though for security they are ge¬ 
nerally preserved in cold frames through 
the winter; a mixture of peat and loam 
suits them, and they are easily increased 
by cuttings taken off in summer, or, where 
these do not offer, by division of the 
roots. 
CHERONIA (Linn.) Nat. Or. Gen- 
tianacere. This genus is composed. of 
very pretty greenhouse plants which 
grow freely in a mixture ol peat and 
loam, and with a little attention to prun¬ 
ing and training while young, form neat, 
compact specimens, which in the season 
are copiously dotteclover with their pleas¬ 
ing white, yellow, or purple flowers’; 
propagation is effected by cuttings treat¬ 
ed in the usual manner, and it is worthy 
of observation, that it is only young indi¬ 
viduals that can ever be induced to form 
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CHLIDANTHUS (Herbert.) Nat. 
Or. Amaryllidaceae . C. fra grans, the only 
species is a pretty bulbous-rooted plant, 
which may be placed in the flower-gar¬ 
den through the summer, where its bright 
yellow flowers are highly interesting; in 
winter it should be taken up and care¬ 
fully preserved from frost. 
CHOROZEMA ( Labillardiere. ) 
Nat. Or. Leguminosa. There are eight 
or nine species of this interesting genus, 
all of them highly deserving attention; 
C. Henchmannii and C. varium are indis¬ 
pensable to every greenhouse collection, 
a well-grown plant of the former being 
an object of great beauty from April till 
June, when it is ordinarily covered with 
its pretty red and yellow flowers. The 
whole of the species grow with freedom 
in rough peat enriched with a small pro¬ 
portion of loam, and, if allowed large 
pots, speedily attain a considerable size; 
they are propagated by cuttings or seed; 
the latter mode produces fast-growing 
plants, but they do not usually bloom so 
soon or so freely as those produced from 
cuttings. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM (Linn.) Nat. 
Or. Composite. The value ol the Chinese 
Chrysanthemum, C. sinense, as an orna¬ 
ment of the flower-garden, the green¬ 
house, or the conservatory, in the au¬ 
tumnal months, is well known and duly 
appreciated; from the almost numberless 
varieties now cultivated it is easy to form 
a selection at once rich and varied. The 
first object in the culture of these plants 
is to obtain dwarf specimens, and to pre¬ 
serve all the foliage near the base of 
the stems. To effect this, the cuttings 
should be taken from the old stools in 
June, striking them in a shaded part of 
the garden under a handglass, and, as 
soon as rooted, the young plants should 
be potted singly into small pots filled 
with sandy loam, to induce them to emit 
an abundance of roots. A cool airy 
situation out of doors should be selected 
for them, and constant attention be given 
to the supply of water. After standing 
about a month in this position, they 
should be shifted into the large. pots 
they are intended to bloom in, using a 
mixture of equal parts loam and rotten 
manure, and at the same time the top of 
the plant should be taken off, which will 
cause it to protrude branches, and these 
again may be stopped if they have grown 
strongly, and it can be done before the 
end of August. During the whole of 
the time the plants are out of doors, 
which will be till the approach of frost, 
they should stand at some distance from 
each other, that each one may have the 
full influence of the air, and being care¬ 
fully watered every day with pure water, 
and occasionally with diluted liquid ma- 
