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much is this the case, that we have been prevented from 

 figuring some flowers which we should have preferred, on 

 account of the inability of our artist to give in his drawing 

 their fresh and sweetly beautiful rosy-lilac tints. 



The hybrids Waterhousiana, Hendersoni, and the well- 

 known kind called King, are among our early attempts at 

 improvement ; and these kinds have had their day and their 

 admirers ; but that day is past. Pretty as these were, they 

 have been completely superseded by our present sorts in every 

 respect, except perhaps in habit. We confess that we do 

 not like the too dwarf habit which some of the seedlings of 

 late years have been made to assume, and which has been 

 praised by some of our contemporaries. Pigmies are held to 

 be as unsightly as giants ; — we prefer the happy medium. 

 Short " stocky" plants, " bonneted" with blossoms, looking 

 as stiff as if they were set on stone pedestals, are not to our 

 taste, and we should imagine will be eschewed by all culti- 

 vators who prefer graceful to stiff forms. On the other hand, 

 we dislike as much as any body tall straggling plants, which 

 are the result of bad management. The development of the 

 beautiful should be aimed at as much in plant-cultivation as 

 in the other operations of gardening; and this cannot be 

 effected unless we have proper material, and enough of it, 

 to work with. We are of opinion, therefore, that the appli- 

 cation of that skill which results in the production of too 

 " stocky" plants is wrongly directed ; but this may be our 

 mistake. We conclude this account of the Cineraria, which 

 is one of the most useful of all plants, with a short list of 

 some of the best varieties now in cultivation, and which are 

 as follows : 



Various Colours. 

 Newington Beauty. 

 Cerito. 

 Annie. 

 Alboni. 

 Eleanor. 

 Climax. 



Blues of different shades. 



Julia. 



Favourite. 



Grandissima. 



Defiance. 



Cleopatra. 



Lady Prudhoe. 



Maid of Artois. 



Sapphire. 



Bessy. 



Crimson. 

 Resplendens. 

 Satellite. 



Cramoisie Superieure. 

 Gem. 



Attraction. 

 Royal Crimson. 



White, with Bark Disc. 

 Fairy Queen. 

 Amaena. 

 Alice Grey. 



The above are all catalogued flowers, and easily procured. 

 Of the seedlings which have appeared this year, we will give 

 some account hereafter. 



