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Chestnuts

To raise trees from seed sow the nuts in November, about2 in. deep. When two years old they may be transplanted to their permanent site. The only pruning they require is to cut away any branches which...

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Chicory

Sow in May or June in drills of rich soil, and thin out to6 in. apart. In autumn lift the roots and store them in dry sand. To force leaves for salads, plant the roots closely together in boxes or lar...

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Chimonanthus Fragrans (Japan Allspice)

This delightfully fragranthardy shrub, known as the Winter Flower, produces its blooms in January before the leaves appear. Should sharp frost set in, protection ought to be given to the flowers. The...

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Chionodoxa Luciliae (Glory of the Snow)

A pretty hardyspring-flowering bulbous plant. The blossoms, from five to six in number, are produced on gracefully arched stems, 4 to 8 in. high, and are nearly 1 in. across, star-like in form, and of...

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CHIVES

Hardy perennial. The young tops used to flavour soups, etc.

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Choisya Ternata (Mexican Orange)

A pretty evergreen wall plant,bearing sweet-scented white flowers in July. The bush is round, and extremely ornamental when grown in the shrubbery. It delights in a mixture of peat and loam, and is pr...

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Chorozemas

These Australian plants delight in rich turfy peat mixedwith fibrous loam, leaf-mould, and coarse sand. When freshly potted they should be given a warm part of the greenhouse and watered cautiously ti...

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