Cress Rocket

See Vella.

Crinum

Sixty-six species and some varieties. Stove or green-house bulbous perennials. Offsets. Rich loam, peat, and sand.

C. capense, is thus recommended by the best cultivator of the amaryllidae, to which the Crinum belongs. The Rev. W. Herbert says, - "Crinum capense is good for covering small islands, as affording by its abundant arched foliage, the best possible covert for wild fowl, and producing an abundant succession of beautiful flowers throughout the summer, and even the autumn. The plant is equally capable of flowering and ripening its seed when planted in a border, or two feet under the surface of the water, or in a rainy season. It could be best planted a little above the level of the water. The seed sprouts as soon as it is ripe, and the young plants should be sheltered in pots the first and second winter, and then planted out; taking care that the weeds do not smother them while young. The bulbs when full grown are hardy." - Gard. Chron.

Christaria

Christaria coccinea. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Division or seeds. Peat soil.

Crowea

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Crown Imperial

See Fritil-lary.

Crucianella

Fourteen species. Hardy annuals and herbaceous perennials. C. americana and C. maritima are green-house evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Cryptandra

Two species. Green-house shrubs. Cuttings. Rich light loam.

Cryptochilus

Cryptochilus sanguinea. Stove orchid. Offsets. Peat and potsherds.

Cryptolepis

Cryptolepis elegans. Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings. Peat and loam.

Cryptomeria

Cryptomeria japonica. Japan Cedar. "Hardy evergreen tree, which will probably prove one of the most ornamental of the Coniferae. Sow the seed in sandy loam in a cool place; pot singly; the first year it will attain a height of from twelve to eighteen inches. It grows rapidly, and is as easily managed as the Chinese Arbor Vitae (Thuja Orientalis), succeeding in almost any soil or situation, not very poor or wet." - (Hort. Soc. Journ.) - It will be propagated, probably, by cuttings.

Cryptostegia

Two species.

Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Cryptostemma

Three species. Hardy annuals. Seeds. Common soil.

Cuckoo-Flower

Lychnis flos-cuculi.

Cuckoo-Flower

Cardaminepra-tensis.

Cuckoo-Spit

See Tettigonia.

Cucumis

Twenty species, and:

Cultivator For The Hand

Cultivator For The Hand (Fig. 32) Is made of iron, and is capable of being expanded at will; it is of great utility in clearing out between rows of vegetables, loosening the soil, and at once performing the work of four ordinary hoes." - Rural Reg.

Fig. 32.

Cultivators, Or Hoe-Har-Rows

"These are now considered indispensable in cultivating corn, potatoes, and all other crops planted in hills or drills - doing the work as effectually as if hoed, and much more expeditiously. The form is varied by the different makers, especially in the teeth or hoes. They are made to expand or contract, so as to accommodate in the distance between the row--." - Rural Reg.