These have beautiful, odd flowers and are much cultivated in England but are rather delicate and should be tried in a sheltered place. They cannot stand our hot sun and therefore need some shade and plenty of moisture. They should have rich soil and they will stand some frost.

Carludovica Palmata

Carludovica Palmata and a few other species are the plants whose leaves are used in making Panama hats. They are handsome, stemless, palmlike plants from Middle America and therefore tender. They can only be grown out of doors in the warmer part of the state in a sheltered, half shaded location. In such a place I have a nice plant of C. palmata.

Cereus

I have had plants of a number of upright growing Cerei but have had no success with them.

Chrysanthemum

Everybody knows Chrysanthemums, or "Mums" as they are often called. They do well in the northern part of the state, but as far as I can learn they are not generally a success in the more tropical part of it. Some of the dwarfs do fairly well here in hammock soil.

Clerodendron Squamatum

Several years ago I brought seed of this from Cuba and it has done very well. The leaves are large, cordate and velvety; the great panicles of scarlet flowers open the whole year through. It should be well fertilized.

Coleus

Nothing that we grow has more gorgeously colored foliage than the Coleus and nothing could be more at home here if it were not for the root knot, which is very destructive to them. They are rather short lived and need to be renewed occasionally by means of cuttings. These can be rooted with the greatest ease in summer and when ready to set out should be put where none has been planted for several years, in order to avoid the root knot. In case choice specimens are attacked with this cut off the tops and make cuttings of them, which will be healthy; then dig up and burn the old plants.

Colocasia Antiquorum

Colocasia Antiquorum is the name just now in favor for the well-known Elephant's Ear, though it has gone under a variety of names. It does not always do well on pine land but succeeds better in hammock; all the better if it is damp. It needs plenty of feed.

Convallaria, Lily Of The Valley

This does not seem to be a success generally in the state.

Cordyline

Some of these plants become somewhat shrubby with age. I do not think they are a complete success in Florida as they prefer a strong, clayey soil. In Cuba they are perfectly at home and probably would succeed here in such ground. Some of the species are still classed under the old name of Dracaena. C. indivisa, C. australis and C. terminate are placed here.

Crassulas And Echeverias

Crassulas And Echeverias are fine succulents which fail with me on account of root knot.

Crinum

Bulbous plants which seem peculiarly adapted to the sandy soil of Florida and which succeed all over the state. C. longifolium and C. moorei are very hardy and bloom all summer. C. asiaticum is a large plant with narrow petalled white flowers, C. pedunculatum is something like it, C. scabrum has long, slender leaves and large drooping white flowers striped red, C. amabile is one of the finest, an immense plant with a large, long-necked bulb and an umbel of twenty to thirty purplish red flowers, much cultivated here. There are a number of other desirable forms, all of which do well with us. They do best in rich, slightly damp soil; if they were shaded at blooming time it would keep the flowers in perfection much longer.

Crossandra Undulaefolia

Notwithstanding its long name this is really a very attractive plant, with opposite, shining leaves and heads of rich orange salmon flowers freely borne. It does well on good pine land but is tender.

Cuphea

Half shrubby, half herbaceous plants the commonest of which is C. ignea or platycentra. It is a neat little plant which constantly bears its tubular red flowers tipped with black and white. It does well in pots and for a while in good soil out of doors but is short lived with me. There is another species, C. microphylla, which is sometimes cultivated here. They are tender.

Curculigo Recurvata

Curculigo Recurvata is a plant whose leaves resemble those of a young palm. It does well in good soil but is tender.

Curcuma

Two or three species of this genus which have flowers in close heads do well here in rich, moist ground. They are probably tender.

Cyanophyllum Magnificum

A plant from tropical Mexico with magnificent, large leaves which are richly colored, might grow in moist hammock in the most tropical part of the state. It should be tried.

Dahlia

Reports from the northern part of the state show that Dahlias do well there but further south they do not seem to succeed. In this region they are occasionally cultivated in rich soil.

Daedalocanthus Nervosus

Daedalocanthus Nervosus is a profusely blooming plant which does excellently here, where it should be cut back to the base of the stems when it is done flowering. All winter it bears spikes of rich blue flowers in great abundance and should be well fertilized to keep it in good condition. It is tender.

Datura

Strong growing plants, often strong smelling, which bear very large white, yellow or purple funnel-shaped flowers, single or double. They are tender plants which ordinarily do well in good moist soil, but they are subject to root knot.

Dianthus

A crimson flowered carnation often does well here but is subject to a blight which generally kills it. The Chinese pinks succeed as annuals in winter. I should think that the pinks would do finely in the cooler part of the state as they would be hardy.