. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. Critica, Boiss. & Held. Slender : fls. smaller and fewer (1-2 on a 8cape) than C. Liicilia, white or very pale blue. Crete. —Of little horticultural value. ,Alleiii, Hort. {ChionosclUa Alleni, Hort.). Perianth seg
. 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, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. Gardening -- Dictionaries; Plants -- North America encyclopedias. Critica, Boiss. & Held. Slender : fls. smaller and fewer (1-2 on a 8cape) than C. Liicilia, white or very pale blue. Crete. —Of little horticultural value. ,Alleiii, Hort. {ChionosclUa Alleni, Hort.). Perianth seg- ments cut to the base: habit of C lAtcilid', but the white eye is indistinct. Supposed natu- ral hybrid of Scilla bifolia and Chionodoxa lnicili(^. III. 21:191. J. N. Gerard and L. H. B. CHIONOSCtLLA. Chionmloxii. CHINA ASTER. See Asler. CHINA TREE. Consull CHINKAPIN, CHINQUAPIN. See Cliest- nut and Ciistanea. CHIRtTA (Hindostani name). Gesnerdcea;. Plants much like Gloxinias and Streptocar- puses; none of them in the Amer. trade. They are natives of eastern Asia. Fls. in shades of purple and blue, tubular, in clusters on M the tops of short scapes. mf CHIVES. See Cive. CHLIDANTHTJS (delicate flower, from the Greek). AmurijllidAcea;. Two or three S. Amer. bulbs, flowering in advance of the Ivs. Allied to Zephyranthes. Fls. yellow, in a small umbei, terminat- ing a solid scape, long-tubed, with wide spreading segments : Ivs. Ion,.; and strap-shaped. C. ttk- grans. Herb., is the species in cult It bears fragrant fis. 3-4 in. long in summer, on scapes 15-18 m high. It is increased by off- sets or by seeds. The bulbs should be kept dry and cool dur- ing winter and in spring started in a moderately warm house. After flowering, care must be t iken to have the bulbs make their annual growth. They may either be grown in pots plunged in ashes, or planted out where the\ can be watered occasionally duiing dry weather. Like other similar plants, they will benefit by a mulching of
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