. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CHIOCOCCA white fls. and the white frs. Lvs. ovate to lanceolate, thick and shining, entire ; drupes Hin. in diam. Twin- ing ; glabrous. L. H. B. CHIdGENES (Greek, snow, offspring; referring to the snow-white berries). £ricdcece. Trailing evergreen, with small alternate lvs. and inconspicuous axillary fls.; cor
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. CHIOCOCCA white fls. and the white frs. Lvs. ovate to lanceolate, thick and shining, entire ; drupes Hin. in diam. Twin- ing ; glabrous. L. H. B. CHIdGENES (Greek, snow, offspring; referring to the snow-white berries). £ricdcece. Trailing evergreen, with small alternate lvs. and inconspicuous axillary fls.; corolla 4-cleft; stamens 8, included : berry white, hir- sute. Two species in the colder regions of N. Amer. and Japan. Slender trailing evergreens, in appearance much like the cranberry, rarely cultivated. Thriving best in moist and peaty soil, in a shaded position, creeping amongst growing moss. Prop, by seeds, by division or by cuttings in August under glass. The American spe- cies, C. & Gray ( C. serpijlUfdlia, Salisb.), has hirsute branches and ovate, ciliate lvs. and greenish white fls. Alfred Rehder. CHIONANTHUS (Greek for show and flower: allud- ing t" the abundance of snow-white fls.). OUAcew. Fkimu; Tkee. Shrubs or low trees, with deciduous, op- positi- ; entire lvs.: fls. in loose panicles from lateral Innls ;it :lie nul of last year's branches, white ; corolla to the base in 4 narrow petals ; stamens 2, short : fr. a 1-seeded oval drupe. Two species in E. N. Amer. and China. Ornamental shrubs, with large, dark green foliage, and very showy white fls. in early summer. The American species is almost hardy north, but requiring a somewhat sheltered position; thet^'hinese may be more tender, but it thrives in W. New York. They thrive best in a somewhat moist and sandy loam, and in a sunny position. Prop, by seeds sown in fall or stratified; increased also by layers and by grafting under glass or budding in the ope
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