This section is from the book "A Dictionary Of Modern Gardening", by George William Johnson, David Landreth. Also available from Amazon: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses.
C. nigra. Black Gall Midge. This insect lays its eggs in the blossom of the pear early in the spring, and the larva; thence born consume the pulp of the embryo fruit. Sometimes they eat their way through its skin, and at others remain within its core until it falls.
Three species. Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Loam and peat.
Cupressus lusi-tanica.
Cedrus Li-bani.
Three species. Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Light loam.
Cedar. Two species. Hardy evergreen trees. Seeds. C. deodara, grafts readily on the common larch. Sandy loam.
Twenty-seven species. Chiefly green-house or stove evergreen shrubs, trees, or climbing plants. C. bullatus and C. scandens, are hardy deciduous climbers. Ripe cuttings. Sandy loam' and peat.
Cockscomb. Fourteen species and some varieties. Chiefly stove or green-house annuals. C. echi-nata, C. glauca are evergreen shrubs. Seeds. Rich mould. See Cockscomb.
Nine species. Chiefly half hardy biennials, some stove annuals. C.orientalis is a hardy annual. Seeds. Peat and loam.
Eleven species and two varieties. Stove evergreen trees or hardy deciduous trees and shrubs. Seeds or layers. Common soil.
One hundred and fifty-two species and some varieties. Chiefly hardy and half hardy herbaceous perennials; a few annuals and biennials. C. ragusina is a green-house evergreen shrub. Seeds. Division. Common soil.
Three species, and variety. Hardy annual and herbaceous perennials. Seeds. Common soil.
Nine species. Chiefly hardy herbaceous perennials.
Two are biennial. Seeds. Division. Common soil.
Two species, one a stove annual, the other an evergreen shrub. Seeds. Light vegetable soil.
Centrospermum chrysanthum. Hardy annual. Seeds. Common soil.
Centaurea.
Centunculus minimus. Bastard pimpernel. Hardy annual. Seeds. Sandy loam.
Eight species. Stove evergreen shrubs, two are trailing plants. Cuttings. Peat and sandy loam.
Three species. Hardy orchids. Division. Peat and loam.
Cephalanthus occidentalis and variety. Hardy deciduous shrubs. Ripe cuttings or layers. Sandy peat and loam.
Cephalotus follicularis. Greenhouse herbaceous perennial. Offsets. Boggy soil.
Ceranthera subintegrifolia. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam.
Twenty-eight species and many varieties; chiefly hardy deciduous fruit trees and shrubs, a few evergreens. C. ]occidentalis, and C. sphaerocarpa, are stove evergreens. Seeds. Budding or grafting.
Ceratiola ericoides. Half hardy green-house evergreen under shrub. Cuttings. Sandy peat.
Ceratopetalum gummiferum. Green-house evergreen tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam.
Six species. Stove evergreen trees or shrubs. Cuttings. Rich mould.
Two species and varieties. Hardy deciduous trees. Seeds. Light loamy soil.
 
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