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hinted, and will bloom about a fortnight 
later than those which are suffered to 
remain. 
CLAYTONIA (Linn.) Nat. Ord. 
Tortulacacece. A genus of very pretty 
hardy plants, of either annual or peren¬ 
nial duration; the former only require 
to be sown where they are to remain, 
and the latter succeed when planted 
in peat without further trouble; their 
flowers are either white or pink of va¬ 
rious shades. 
CLEMATIS (Linn.) Nat. Or. Ra- 
nunculacece. Every one admires the Cle¬ 
matis, or Yirgin’s Bower, for its negli¬ 
gent gracefulness, delicious fragrance, 
and poetical associations, and now that 
the discoveries of Sieboldt have added 
species with large and handsome flowers, 
the genus is still more a favorite. The 
whole of them are quite hardy, prefer¬ 
ring to grow in strong rich soil, and are 
highly useful for covering walls, arbours, 
shaded walks, &e., which they do speedily 
when once established; propagation is 
effected by laying the young shoots in 
summer, or by root-grafting in spring; 
the latter method is only employed with 
the scarcer kinds. The following are a 
selection suited to the garden, fiamula , 
white, grandifiora, blue, fiorida , pie no, 
white, Simsii, purple, and Sieboldii, blue 
and white. . 
CLERODENDRUM (Linn.) Nat. 
Or. Verbenacene. It is difficult to con¬ 
ceive more beautiful objects than are 
afforded by several members of this genus 
when well cultivated. Cuttings should 
be struck every season, as the young 
plants usually bloom better than those 
which are older; taken off any time in 
summer they root readily in gentle heat, 
and should be kept in small pots through 
the succeeding winter, on a shelf in the 
stove. About the middle of January 
repot them into a mixture of peat and 
loam, place them in an active hot-bed, 
and carefully water, admitting a good 
supply of air every day; in about a 
month or six weeks they will again re¬ 
quire shifting, and, as this is the final 
one, the pots should be large, certainly 
not less than fourteen inches in diameter; 
the soil should now be stronger, com¬ 
posed chiefly of loam and rotten dung, 
well drained and used as rough as pos¬ 
sible; after this they grow rapidly, and 
will soon become too large for their 
former position when a return to the 
stove is necessary, and if a gentle bottom 
heat can be afforded here the growth 
will be more rapid and vigorous, and the 
flowers consequently finer. In order to 
secure a succession, other plants may 
be started in Eebruary or the begimiing 
of March, and this also is the best t im e 
for the introduction of the old plants to 
heat, following the same routine of ma¬ 
nagement for these as for those first 
mentioned, and, in either case, as soon 
as the flower spike is seen at the summit 
of the specimens ; diluted liquid manure 
may be applied with advantage once or 
twice a week. Kept in a somewhat 
cooler house than the stove, after the 
flowers are expanded, they will continue 
in perfection for two months, the place 
of the decaying flowers being occupied 
by those which are successionally pro¬ 
duced at the top of the panicle. The 
following are perhaps' most worthy of 
cultivation, fallax, fragrans-pleno, infor- 
tunatum, Kempfneri , splendens , aud squa- 
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CLIANTHUS (Solander.) Nat. Or. 
Leguminosee. C. puniceus is a very hand¬ 
some greenhouse or half-hardy subscan- 
dent plant, with bright green pinnate 
leaves, and large, handsome, crimson, 
pea-shaped flowers. It grows rapidly 
in peat and loam, and should have con¬ 
stant attention, while growing, to keep 
it clear of insects, as it is very subject 
to the attacks of the red spider; the 
wall, or a large trellis in the greenhouse, 
affords a fine opportunity to display its 
very rich flowers, or planted against a 
south wall in the open air, it will suc¬ 
ceed almost as well, if protected from 
frost in winter. Cuttings root readily 
in sand any time in summer without 
bottom heat. 
■ CLINTONIA (Douglas.) Nat. Or. 
Lobeliaceee . Neat little annuals with 
brilliant blue and white flowers. The 
plants do not attain a height of more 
than six inches, and are of slender habit. 
The seed should be sown in March on 
