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nure, the new growth is vigorously 
developed, and the blooming conse¬ 
quently satisfactory. If the points of 
the shoots which are taken off last 
can be induced to root quickly, they 
make pretty little plants of a few inches in 
height, surmounted with flowers equally 
fine with those on the larger specimens, 
and are useful for the fronts of shelves 
or to stand before the large pots. On 
the removal of the plants to the green¬ 
house, crowding should be avoided, and 
a full supply of both air and water given 
daily until the flowering season is past, 
when they may be removed to a shed or 
placed in the open ground, and protected 
at first from severe frosts by means of a 
mat or two thrown over them. The 
annual species of the genus are showy 
ornaments of the flower-borders, and 
only require to be sown where they are 
to remain. The following are a few of 
the best of the Chinese varieties, Anne 
Salter, Bijou, Campestroni, Comp actum, 
Duke de Conegliano, Formosam, Goliath, 
Minerva, Princess Marie, Queen, Theresa, 
and Vesta. This division of the genus 
Chrysanthemum has been removed by 
Decandolle to Pyrethrum or Feverfew, 
but not being generally adopted, we have 
followed the original arrangement, as it 
is better known. 
CHRYSIPHIALA (Ker.) Nat. Or. 
Amaryllidacece. Pretty Peruvian bulbs, 
producing orange-coloured flowers in 
summer and autumn; they may be grown 
in pots of light rich loam in the green¬ 
house, or even the open borders, if they 
are taken up on the approach of winter; 
increase is had by separating the offsets. 
CHRYSOCOMA (Decandolle.) N. 
Or. Composite. A genus of showy, hardy, 
and half-hardy herbaceous plants, grow¬ 
ing from one to six feet high; the flowers 
of the majority of the species are yellow, 
and the whole of them grow freely in a 
mixture of loam and peat. 
CHYSIS (Lindley.) Nat. Or. Or- 
chidacece. A genus of splendid epiphytes, 
but scarce in our collections at present. 
In their native positions they are repre¬ 
sented as depending by their long roots 
from the branches of trees, their large 
pseudo-bulbs being thus suspended in 
mid-air, and waving with every wind. 
In cultivation they require a high tem¬ 
perature, and, to imitate their proper 
habitats, should be fastened to billets of 
wood suspended from the roof of the 
house. Their flowers are rich and va¬ 
ried in colour, of a stout waxy substance, 
and agreeable perfume. 
CIBOTIUM (Kattleuss.) Nat. Or. 
Polypodiaceee. Only one species is known, 
C. Billardieri, the tree fern of New Hol¬ 
land, a handsome addition to the conser¬ 
vatory ; in its native country it is said 
to attain a height of thirty feet. It grows 
freely in rough fibrous peat, in large 
well-drained pots. 
CINCHONA (Linn.) Nat. Or. Cin- 
chonacece. This plant yields the well- 
known drug, Peruvian bark, and on this 
account is valued rather than for its 
beauty, which is not remarkable. It 
grows, though not with freedom, in peat 
and loam, and requires the protection of 
a good stove, to preserve it in even mo¬ 
derate vigour. It is the type of an ex¬ 
tensive and highly interesting order. 
CINERARIA (Linn.) Nat. Or. Com- 
positce. There are upwards of fifty spe¬ 
cies of this genus enumerated, varying 
in habit from the dwarf herbaceous plant, 
not rising more than half a foot, to the 
tall, soft-wooded suffruticose species with 
a stature of five or six feet; the flowers 
of most of them are of a pale greenish 
yellow, though some have white, red, or 
purple blossoms. The whole of these 
true species are so thoroughly eclipsed 
by the modern seminal varieties as to be 
entirely excluded from any but purely 
botanical collections, and are of so little 
interest as to warrant our passing on to 
the culture of the varieties, those beau¬ 
tiful ornaments of the greenhouse in early 
spring. The first recorded variety is 
Waterhousiana , obtained from C. tussili- 
ginoides ; but we very much doubt so 
coarse a parentage having any connexion 
^vitli such neat, handsome, highly-co¬ 
loured, and free-flowering subjects as 
those cultivated now-a-days. The seed 
of these plants should be sown in au¬ 
tumn, and, as soon as the produce can 
be handled, they should be potted sepa¬ 
rately into a soil composed of loam, leaf 
