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C E L 137 CES<br />

I On either side <strong>of</strong> the bed, earth is piled Two are biennial. Seeds. Division.<br />

up to tiie thickness <strong>of</strong> three feetat least. Common soil.<br />

On the top, (through which the extreme ; CENTROCLINIUM. Two species,<br />

a stove annual, the other an ever-<br />

jreen shrub. Seeds. Light vegetable<br />

ends only <strong>of</strong> the plants appear,) some I one<br />

dry straw litter is placed, to save them<br />

from the frost, and keep them green.<br />

Boards placed over the beds so as to t<br />

turn <strong>of</strong>f the rain, are very useful, for<br />

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soil. /<br />

CENTROSPERMUM chrysanthum.<br />

Hardv annual. Seeds. Common soil.<br />

much moisture frequently proves ruin- CENTAURY. Centaurea.<br />

ous. In taking out for use, begin at] CENTUNCULUS minimus. Bastard<br />

one end, digging down to the roots,! pimpernel. Hardy annual. Seeds.<br />

always observing to keep the aperture Sandy loam.<br />

closed with straw. CEPHAELIS. Eight species. Stove<br />

" Some take up the crop on the ap- evergreen shrubs, two are trailing<br />

proach <strong>of</strong> winter, and place it in a eel- plants. Cuttings. Peat and sandy<br />

lar, with alternate layers <strong>of</strong> dry sand loam.<br />

;<br />

but it is apt, when thus treated, to CEPHALANTHERA. Three spe-<br />

become tough and wilted.'" Rural Reg.<br />

To Save Seed.—To raise seed, some<br />

plants must be left where grown, or in<br />

cies. Hardy orchids. Division. Peat<br />

and loam.<br />

CEPHALANTHUS occidentalis and<br />

February or March, some may be care- variety. Hardy deciduous shrubs. Ripe<br />

fully taken up, and after the outside cuttings or layers. Sandy peat and<br />

leaves are cut <strong>of</strong>f and all laterals removed,<br />

planted in a moist soil a foot<br />

loam.<br />

CEPHALOTUS follicularis. Green-<br />

apart. Those which are most solid, and house herbaceous perennial. Offsets.<br />

<strong>of</strong> a middling size, are to be selected.<br />

When they branch for seed, they must<br />

Boggy soil.<br />

CERANTHERA suhintegrifolia.<br />

be early attached to a stake to preserve Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy<br />

loam.<br />

them from being broken by the violence ;<br />

<strong>of</strong> winds. The flower appears in June,<br />

and the seed is swelling in July ; if dry<br />

weather occurs they should be watered<br />

every other night. In August the seed<br />

will be ripe, and when perfectly dry,<br />

may be rubbed out and stored.<br />

CP^LOSIA. Cockscomb. Fourteen<br />

species and some varieties. Chiefly<br />

stove or green-house annuals. C. echinata,<br />

C. glauca are evergreen shrubs.<br />

Seeds. Rich mould. See Cockscomb.<br />

CELSIA. Nine species. Chiefly half<br />

CERASUS. Twenty-eight species<br />

and many varieties ; chiefly hardy deciduous<br />

fruit trees and shrubs, a few<br />

evergreens. C. occidentalis, and C.<br />

spharocarpa, are stove evergreens.<br />

Seeds. Budding or grafting.<br />

CERATIOLA er/co/des. Half hardy<br />

green-house evergreen under shrub.<br />

Cuttings. Sandy peat.<br />

CERATOPETALUM gummiferum.<br />

Green-house evergreen tree. Cuttings.<br />

Sandy loam.<br />

hardy biennials, some stove annuals CERERA. Six species. Stove ever-<br />

C. orientalis is a hardy annual. Seeds, green trees or shrubs. i Cuttings. Rich<br />

Peat and loam.<br />

CELTIS. Eleven species and two<br />

ould.<br />

CERCIS. Two species and varie-<br />

varieties. Stove evergreen trees or ties. Hardy deciduous trees. Seeds.<br />

hardy deciduous trees and shrubs.<br />

Seeds or layers. Common soil.<br />

CENTAUREA. One hundred and<br />

Light loamy soil.<br />

CEREUS. One hundred and thirtyone<br />

species. Stove cactaceous plants.<br />

fifty-two species and some varieties. Cuttings, dried before planting. Sandy<br />

Chiefly hardy and half hardy herbaceous<br />

perennials; a few annuals and biennials.<br />

loam.<br />

CERINTHE. Five species. Hardy<br />

C. ragusina is a green-house evergreen<br />

shrub. Seeds. Division. Common soil.<br />

CENTRANTHUS. Three species,<br />

annual or biennial plants. Seeds. Common<br />

soil.<br />

CEROPEGIA. Thirteen species.<br />

and variety. Hardy annual<br />

baceous perennials. Seeds.<br />

and her-<br />

Common<br />

Stove or green-house evergreen twining<br />

or deciduous climbing plants, tuberous<br />

soil.<br />

CENTROCARPHA. Nine species.<br />

Chiefly hardy herbaceous perennials.<br />

rooted perennials and evergreen shrubs.<br />

Cuttings. Sandy loam.<br />

CESTRINUS carthamoides. Hardy

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