Clipping

Clipping hedges should be confined to those of the commonest and hardiest varieties of shrubs, as those of hawthorn and privet. The shears may, however, be used with great advantage by expert operators, even on the most delicate plants used for ornamental hedges. Clipping of deciduous hedges is most advantageously performed in the spring and early summer. A multitude of shoots are then induced, which secures that chief desideratum in hedges - thickness and closeness of texture.

Clitoria

Thirteen species. Chiefly stove or green-house evergreen climbers. C. mariana is a half hardy deciduous. Cuttings, seeds. Loam, peat, and sand.

Clivia

Clivia nobilis. Green-house evergreen bulbous plant. Division, seeds. Rich sandy loam.

Cloudberry

Rubus chamaemorus.

Clove

Dianthus caryophyllus.

Clover Tree

Caryophyllus.

Clowesia

Clowesia rosea. Stove shrub. Cuttings. Rich loam.

Club Root

See Ambury.

Clusia

Four species. Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings. Light sandy loam.

Cluytia

Twelve species. Greenhouse or stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Clypeola

Two species. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.

Cneorum

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

Cnestis

Three species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy peat.

Coal

See Fuel.

Coal Ashes

See Ashes.

Cobcea

Cobcea scandens. Half hardy evergreen climber. Seeds or cuttings. Peat and loam.

Coburghia

Three species. Greenhouse and half hardy bulbous perennials. Division. Peat and loam.

Coccinellae

Lady Birds. There are about thirty species of this useful and beautiful insect. Let no one de-stroy a coccinella, for it is the greatest destroyer of the plant louse or aphis. This is much better appreciated on the continent than in England, for there the gardeners collect lady birds and place them upon rose trees, etc, infected with aphides.

Coccoloba

Nineteen species. Stove evergreen trees. Leafy ripened cuttings. Loam and peat.

Cochlearia

Eight species and some varieties. Chiefly hardy annuals or biennials. C. armoracia, the common horse-radish. Slips from the root. Deep rich soil. The annuals and bien- nials from seeds. Common soil.

Cockchafer

See Melolontha.

Cockscomb

Rhinanthus Christa-galli.

Cockscomb

Erythrina Christ-galli.

Cockscomb

Celosia cristata. - Sow the seed in a hot-bed, early in the spring, and transplant when danger from frost has passed: seed may also be sown later in the season, on an open border. To have Cockscombs in perfection requires highly manured soil,(it cannot be too rich,) and a careful pruning of lateral or side shoots - but one head or flower should be borne by each plant.

During dry weather water with a so-lution of manure or plain water, having first covered the earth around the plants with decomposed stable-dung.

Cocoa-Nut Tree

Coros.

Cocoa Plum

Chrysobalanus.

Cocos

Three species. Palms. Loam and peat, or light sandy loam in a warm moist atmosphere.