Cymbopogon

Cymbopogon Schaenanthus. A stove species of grass. Seeds. Loam and peat.

Cynoche

Cynoche pentadactylum. Stove epiphyte. Offsets. Fibrous peat.

Cynoglossum

Twenty-two species. Hardy annuals, biennials, or herbaceous perennials. Division. Common soil.

Cypella

Two species. Greenouse bullbous perennials. Offsets. Sandy pent.

Cyhia

Five species. Greenhouse annuals. Seeds. Common soil. C. phyteuma is a tuberous-rooted, and C. cardamincs a stove herbaceous perennial. Young shoots. Peat, loam and sand.

Cypress

Cupressus.

Cynara

(See Cardoon and Artichoke.) Eight species. Chiefly hardy herbaceous perennials. Seeds. Good rich soil.

Cynips

Gall-fly. The species of this genus chiefly confine their attacks to the oak and other timber trees. The species chiefly noticeable by the gardener is the C. rosae, which causes the hairy galls occasionally observed upon rose trees.

Cyrilla

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Cyrtanthus

Nine species. Green-house bulbous perennials. Offsets. Turfy loam, sand and peat.

Cyrtochilum

Four species. Stove orchids. Division. Wood, with moss on the roots.

Cyrtopera

Cyrtopera Woodfordii. Stove orchid. Division. Wood.

Cyrtopodium

Three species. Stove orchids. Division. Wood.

Cytisus

Forty-one species, and some varieties. Chiefly hardy deciduous shrubs and trees, with a few greenhouse evergreens. Seeds, layers, grafts, or buds Any soil suits them.

Czachia

Czachia liliastrum. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds or division. Good rich loam.

Dacrydium

Two species. Greenhouse evergreen trees. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Dactylicapuos

Dactylicapuos thalicitrifolia. Half-hardy evergreen climber. Seeds. Sandy soil.

Daemia

Four species. Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Daffodil

Narcissus pseudo-narcissus.

Daisy

Daisy, (Bellis perennis.) There are many double varieties of this hardy perennial; some white, others crimson, and many variegated. A more curious variety is the proliferous or Hen and Chicken Daisy. They all will flourish in any moist soil, and almost in any situation. They bloom from April to June. Propagated by slips, the smallest fragment of root, almost, enables them to grow. To keep them double and fine, they require moving occasionally. Planted as an edging round the Ranun-culus bed, their roots tempt the Wire-worm from those of the choicer flower.

Dalbergia

Nineteen species. Stove evergreen trees and climbers. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.

Dalea

Fifteen species, including hardy, stove, and green-house annuals and perennials. The latter by cuttings, and the annuals by seed, in a frame, to transplant to borders. Loam and peat.

Dalechampia

Three species. Stove evergreen climbers. Cuttings. Loam and peat.

Dalibarda

Dalibarda violaeides. Half-hardy herbaceous. Division. Common light soil.

Damascene Or Damson

See Plum.

Damasonium

Two species. Tender aquatics. Division.