THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



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The Cineraria is an excellent subject 

 for those fond of raising seedling col- 

 lections. Seed should be taken only 

 from those plants which possess the 

 requisites of fine form and colour ; as 

 soon as gathered, it should be sown in 

 shallow pans, and comes all the better 

 for a little bottom heat ; the plants 

 must be pricked out into similar pans, 

 as soon as they have three leaves each, 

 and must be kept rather close for a few 

 days to recover the moving. As soon 

 as they begin to crowd each other in 

 the pans, pot them singly in the com- 

 post just described, and thereafter treat 

 them the same as described for offsets. 



TWELVE FIXE CINERARIAS FOP. EXHIBITION. 



Asmodeus, (Turner) bluish purple, 

 dwarf, fine habit. 



Brilliant, (Lidgard) white, with azure 

 edges, dark disk. 



Baronness Rothschild, white violet 

 edge, very full. 



Charles Dickens, purplish puce, very 

 dwarf. 



Emperor of the French, (Turner) white, 

 with rosy crimson margin, dark disk, 

 fine form, an improved Optimum. 



Earl of Clarendon, (Turner) deep 

 viole.t, with red ring round a dark 

 disk, good substance, and dwarf. 



Excelsior, (Turner) an improved Scot- 

 tish Chieftain. 



Kate Kearney, (Henderson) large 

 white, dwarf, strong grower. 



Lablache, (Henderson) fine deep blue, 

 dwarf. 



Loveliness, bright rosy flake, fine habit. 



Sir Charles Napier, (Turner) intense 

 blue, dwarf, fine petals. 



Rosy Morn, (Henderson) rosy crimson, 

 light centre and disk. 



HARDY EVERGREEN FLOWERING SHRUBS. 



It is a common cause for regret, with 

 those who entertain ambitious views of 

 ornamental gardening, that in the for- 

 mation of shrubberies, and in the gene- 

 ral planting of evergreens, in borders 

 and forecourts, the resources of garden- 

 ing are, generally speaking, so little 

 understood. Everywhere the old lau- 

 rels and aucubas, and tree-box, and 

 variegated holies are used abundantly, 

 and though they are really noble ob- 

 jects when judiciously grouped and 

 skilfully treated, the extensive choice 

 of high-class ornamental shrubs now 

 available for similar purposes of em- 

 bellishment, seem to be scarcely known 

 beyond the nurseries where they are 

 raised, and we see little out of the 

 ordinary round of old-fashioned ever- 

 greens, except in the grounds where 

 gardening is pursued with all the ardour 

 and intelligence due to it, as one of the 

 "Fine Arts." So many new and 

 beautiful shrubs have been introduced 

 of late years, that it is time this depart- 

 ment of amateur gardening underwent 

 a complete reform. We would not 

 abolish our good old friends, but rather 

 render them more effective and ac- 



ceptable, by blending with them sub- 

 jects of higher pretensions as to gaiety 

 — for if we get all the requisites of 

 hardiness, free growth, and dense 

 evergreen foliage, with a seasonal show 

 of cheerful bloom into the bargain, we 

 shall have made a grand step towards 

 the improvement of the shrubbery 

 itself, and all other garden scenes in 

 which evergreens play an important 

 part. With this end in view, wc 

 propose treating the subject of 

 " flowering shrubs " specifically ; and, 

 as a matter of course, we give the term 

 its popular meaning, for as all shrubs 

 flower in some way or other, we shall 

 confine our attention to those which 

 produce blossoms conspicuous for beau- 

 ty, and which are capable of impressing 

 on the scenes in which they may be 

 placed, distinct features of attractive- 

 ness. This month we may make a 

 good beginning with 



KALMIA LATIFOLIA. 



This is, perhaps, the most beautiful 

 hardy flowering shrub we possess, 

 though there is no such thing as an 

 ugly Kalmia. This genus belongs to 



