Cheirostemon

Cheirostemon platanoides. Stove evergreen tree. Leafy cuttings. Sandy loam.

Chelidonium

Two species. - Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil.

Chelone

Seven species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Division. Peat and loam.

Chenolea

Chenolea diffusa. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light rich soil.

Cherleria

Cherleria sedoides. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division. Sandy loam and peat.

Chermes

See Psylla.

Chestnut

Fagus Castanea

\n the London Horticultural Socicty's list are twenty varieties enumerated. If the seedlings are left ungrafted, they are about thirty years before they bear fruit, but grafts inserted upon these seedling slocks from hearing branches, afford blossoms the next year, and are fruitful much earlier.

Soil

A dry subsoil is the great requisite for this tree. It thrives best in a sandy well-drained soil.

After-Culture

No other attention is required than to thin the over-crowded and to remove over-wrapping branches.

Nuts

These are ripe about October. They are best preserved in sand.

Chicory

See Succory.

Chickasaw Plum

Cerasus chi-casa.

Chilodia

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Chiloglottis

Chiloglottis diphylla. Half-hardy orchid. Division. Light turfy loam, turfy peat, and sand.

Chimaphila

Two species. Hardy herbaceous perennials. Cuttings. Peaty soil.

Chimonanthus

Chimonanthus fragrans, and varieties. Hardy deciduous shrubs. Layers or cuttings. Loam and peat, or any common soil.

China Aster

Callistema.

China Rose

Hibiscus rosasinensis.

Chinese Tree

Paonia moutan.

Chiococca

Two species. Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Chionanthus

Three species. Hardy and stove deciduous shrubs and trees. Seeds, buds, or grafts. Peat and loam.

Chironia

Eleven species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

C.decussata should be potted in light rich soil, and liberally watered during the summer months. Keep it in a good situation near the glass, where it gets plenty of light and air. Always keep some young plants to take the places of the old ones.

Chitonia

Five species. Stove evergreen shrubs and trees. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Chive Or Cive

Chive Or Cive (Allium Schano-prasum). Is used as a very superior substitute for young onions in spring salading. A single row a few yards long, will supply a family.

Soil

A light rich soil is most suitable, but it will grow anywhere not overshadowed.

Plant the offsets of the bulbs early in spring. They are to be inserted by the dibble eight or ten inches apart, and eight or ten offsets in each hole. The only cultivation required is to keep them free from weeds. By autumn they multiply into large-sized bunches, and if required may be taken up as soon as the leaves decay, and be stored as a substitute for the onion. The leaves, which are fit for use as long as they remain green, must, when required, be cut down close to the ground, when they will speedily be succeeded by others.