Plate 438. 



CINERARIAS— PANDORA, INO, AND 

 ROYAL PURPLE. 



It is a very common practice nowadays to discard the 

 notion of growing Cinerarias from plants, and instead of it to 

 trust to seedlings saved from the best kinds ; and so far has this 

 been carried, that rarely do we now see a good collection of these 

 beautiful spring flowers. Yet when we visit places where 

 they are grown as seedlings, we generally find a large number 

 of utterly worthless, staring, ugly flowers, and very rarely any 

 that fulfils our notion of a good Cineraria. The reason given for 

 this is that it is so much easier, which it no doubt is, and when 

 so much is required of gardeners as there is in the present day, 

 this is a matter of some consideration. It is, therefore, to the 

 credit of Messrs. F. and A. Smith of Dulwich, that they have 

 steadily pursued the course of improving the Cineraria, until they 

 have reached a measure of success which amply rewards them 

 for all their trouble. 



In the varieties which we figure, it will be seen that size and 

 colour have been attained bej^ond anything formerly known ; and 

 we can testify that combined with this they have a dwarf- 

 ness of habit, which adds considerably to their value. Pan- 

 dora (fig. 1) is white with a heavy tip of deep claret crimson, 

 the habit of the plant is excellent, and carries a very large head 

 of bloom. Ino (fig. 2) is a large white flower with tip of light 

 crimson. Royal Purple (fig. 3) is a very remarkable flower, being 

 in fact a tricolor, and is of a richly shaded purple and puce. 



