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48 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE
Gereus Quixo, Gay.
Chili. This stately Cactus attains a height of 15 feet, and is-
one of the hardiest species. The charming snow-white
flowers are followed by sweetish mucilaginons fruits, available
for the table (Philippi). C. giganteus (Engelmann), from
New Mexico, which attains the stupendous height of 50 feet,
with a proportionate columnar thickness, yields also edible
fruits, and lives unprotected in our clime. I t has been introduced
by the writer many years ago.
Ceroxylon andícola, Humboldt.
The Wax Palm of New Granada, ascending the Andes to
11,000 feet. One of the most majestic and at the same
time onfe of the most hardy of all palms, attaining occasionally
a height of 180 feet. The trunk exudes a kind of
resinous wax, about 2 5 lbs. being obtainable at a time from
each stem ; this by admixture to tallow is used for candles.
There are several other andine palms, which could be reared
in our forests or in sheltered positions at our dwellings, but
some of them are not even yet pbytograpbically circumscribed.
Cervantesia tomentosa, Pniz and Pavon.
Eorest-monntains of Peru. This tree yields edible seeds..
I t is likely to prove hardy in our lower forest-regions.
Cliæropliyllum bulbosum, Linné.
Middle Europe and Western Asia. Tbe Parsnip-Cliervil..
A biennial herb. The root a good culinary esculent.
Chærophyllum sativum, Lamarck. {Anthriscus Cerefolium,.
Hoffmann.)
The Chervil. Middle and South Europe, Western Asia.
An annual herb, available for salads and condiments, but the
root deleterious.
Cbamærops excelsa, Thunberg.
South China. This Fan Palm is highly desirable, although
not tall as the name would indicate. Has stood 16° Cels,
below freezing-point with only a slight litter. (Count de
Saporta.)
Cbamærops Fortunei, Hooker.
North China. The Cbusan Palm. I t attains a height of
about 12 feet and endures like the following species considerable
frost. The leaves can be employed for plaiting
palm-bats. Other hardy palms might be naturalized and
used for various purposes, irrespective of tbeir ornamental
features.
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Chamaerops humilis, Linné.
The dwarf Fan-Palm of South Europe and North Africa. I t
is very decorative for garden plantations, particularly also
eligible for scenic effect.
Cbamaerops Hystrix, Fraser.
The Blue Palmetto of Florida and Carolina. Another dwarf
Fan-Palm.
Cbamaerops Kbasyana, Griffith.
In the Himalayas at elevations from 4000 to 8000 feet.
Allied to C. Martiana.
Cbamaerops Martiana, Wallich.
Ascends the mountains of Nepal to 5000 feet. Attains a
height of 50 feet and is altogether a noble object.
Cbamaerops Ritcbieana, Griffith.
Arid mountains of Affghanistan; seemingly the only Palm of
that country. Has also proved hardy even in England.
Cbelidonium majus, Linné.
Europe and Western Asia. The Celandine. A perennial
herb of medicmal value. Chemical principles: Chelerythrin
and Chelidonin; also a yellow pigment: Chelidoxanthin.
Cbenopodium ambrosioides, Linné.
Tropical America. An annual medicmal herb. Cbenopodium
anthelminticum is a perennial variety of this species.
Cbenopodium auricomum, Lindley.
Erom tbe Darling Piver to Carpentaria and Arnhem’s Land.
A tall perennial herb, ñirnisbing a nutritious and palatable
spinage. I t will live in arid desert regions.
Cbenopodium Blitum, F. v. Mueller. {Blitum virgatum,
Linné.)
Erom South Europe to India. An annual herb, extensively
in use there as a cultivated spinage-plant. The fruits furnish
a red dye. The genus Blitum was reduced to Cbenopodium
by the writer in Camel’s Ciornale Botardco some years ago.
C. capitatnm (Blitum capitatum, Linné) may not be really
a distinct species. C. Quinoa, Willdenow, from Chili,
deserves hardly recommendation for culture, though a
nutritious spinage, it being apt to stray as a weed into
cultivated fields. Some of these sorts of plants are useful to
anglers, as attracting fish, when thrown into rivers or
lakes.
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