Cheiranthus Kewensis

1661

Cherry

is a dwarfish plant with flowers a clear
lemon-yellow. Seed or cuttings.

0. cheiri. Harpur Crewe. A most
desirable miniature double -wallflower,
golden-yellow and sweet scented. It grows
a foot "high, and produces more flowers
when starved in a poor dry soil than when
living richly. Propagate by cuttings of the
aew shoots in summer.

C. linifclius. A little Spanish Wall-
flower with lilac-pink flowers. Once
established in the rock-garden it will seed
itself, popping up in unexpected placets
year by year. Reputed to be biennial,
but will last several years. 6 in.

C. mutabilis. The Changeable Wall-
flower, The flower changes with age
from paler shades to a red-wine purple. It
comes from Madeira, and is liable to dis-
appear for good in cold winters. It is
increased by cuttings. A few rooted plants
should he kept in pots in a frame to replace
losses out of doors.

CHEIKANTHUS KEWEKSIS. Set
WALLFLOWER (winter flowering),

C H E Li ID ON IUM (kel-i-do'-ni-um.
Papaveracese). Celandine. Chelidan, a
swallow, in allusion to the flowers opening
on the arrival of this bird, and the plant
drying up when it departs.

Hardy herbaceous perennials that thrive
in any soil and a-re increased by division.
The best known of the genus, C. ma jus,
the Greater Celandine or Swallow wort,
as distinct from the Lesser Celandine
(Ranunculus Ficaria) contains a virulent
poison in the shape of a yellow juice that
is said to be a remedy for warts.

The double form of mafus, m. /tore plrno,
bears yellow flowers in late summer, and
is used for the wild garden. C. m. l&cini-
dttfw is a very jagged-leaved form of
ma jus.

CHEItONE (ke-io-ne. Scrophularma-
cese). Turtle head. Handsome border
plants of North American origin, allied
to Pentstemon and flowering in the late
summer and autumn. Beat position is in
the sun or semi-shade in moist sandy loam
with humus, but will grow in any place.
Increase by seeds, by cuttings or by divi-
SMMI of roots in spring or autumn. Plant
any time from November onwards. The
type is pink -blossomed but white varieties,
CL «&4, and red, such as C. cocdnea and

C. obliqua, can bo obtained. Best known
is the scarlet C. barlata now allied to the
Pentstemons.

CHENOPODIUM (ken-o-po-di-nm.

Chenopodiaccse). Gooscfoot. A large
genus of hardy annuals and perennials
that are more highly valued economically
than they are for their beauty.

SPECIES.

The majority of the species are weeds,
and of no garden value.

C. Ambrosioides is the Mexican Tea
Plant, and its variety antJielminticum
provides an oil used as a vermifuge.

C. atriplicis (syn. purpurascens), with
purple flowers in August on 5 ft. stems, is
a hardy annual that is used for decoration.
Its shoots are angular and reddish, and
its leaves are covered with rosy-violet
powder.

C. Bonus Hcnricus, popularly known as
Good. King Henry or Mercury, is fre-
quently grown in Cambridgeshire and Lin-
colnshire for salads, or as a substitute
for spinach.

The seeds of C. Quinoa are cooked and
eaten in Peru and Chile, but they are not
palatable to Europeans.

All the species are easily raised from
seed which, however, do not ripen on the
plants in England., They grow freely in
any good soil.
See also MERCtrRY.

CHERRY. Varieties of cherries grown
in English gardens have been derived
from two wild species. They are Prunus
Cerasus, the Wild Cherry, and Prunus
Avium, the Gean. From the former come
the Morello, Duke, and Kentish varieties,
and from the latter the G-can, Heart, and
Bigarreau. Cherries are generally grown
as standards or as fan-trained trees, but
it is also possible to train them as bushes
or as cordons.

Soil.—As is well known, Kent is the
most favourable district for cherry culture.
The soil there is rich, yet on the light
side. Heavy clays and light gravels are
not suitable. A good depth of cultivation
is necessary so that the roots may have a
deep run and will not become dried out
in hot weather.

Position.—Cherries mature before any
other hardy orchard fruit and conse-
quently require plenty of sunshine. A