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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Cineraria—continued. 
and may be easily grown in any ordinary garden soil. 
They may be propagated by divisions of the roots; or, 
better, by seed, sown in a cold frame or cool house, in 
spring. The florist’s varieties which have originated from 
C. cruenta are among the most ornamental and useful 
plants that can be grown for greenhouse or conservatory 
decoration (see Fig. 453). As a packet of seed will produce 
a great variety of colours, including all shades of blue, 
and the plants are of tolerably easy culture, and do not 
require much heat, they should be grown by every one 
possessing a house where frost is excluded during winter. 
Named sorts must be propagated by division of the roots: 
but, as seedlings are more vigorous, and those of a good 
strain equal to many named kinds, the general plan is 
to sow in succession annually, and when the plants have 
flowered, throw them away. They are best grown in pits 
or frames, until frost sets in, and then removed to a light, 
airy position in the greenhouse, for winter blooming. 
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and August. Some light leaf mould should be sifted 
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за 1 Ве Pans шау be covered with sheets of glass, and 
The glass should | in the greenhouse or cold frame, 
gl tilted v en the young plants appear 
and finally removed, to на requisite light and air. 
4 exclude light. 
Cineraria—continued. 
When the seedlings are large enough to handle, they 
should be placed separately in small pots, or pricked off 
in other pans. They should be kept rather close for a 
time after potting, to encourage root action, but must not 
be exposed to much heat at any time. The best place for 
them in summer is an ordinary garden frame, or cold pit, 
facing north. They delight in plenty of atmospherie 
moisture and a cool bottom, such as that afforded by а 
layer of coal ashes. 
After Cultivation. As the plants progress, they should 
be shifted on in suitable sizes until placed in the flowering 
pots, as anything like starvation in the younger stages of 
growth is very detrimental to their well-being afterwards. ii 
Small decorative plants may be flowered in 5in. pots; but j 
for larger specimens, those of Тіп. or Sin. in diameter ате 
required. The final shift must be determined at the out- 
set, and the smaller-sized pots selected so as to give about _ 
an equal amount of soil each time. A much richer and _ 
rougher compost may now be employed, consisting of 
about half loam, with an addition of equal parts of leaf soil 
and tolerably dry cow manure. The plants must be again 
placed on ashes in a cool frame, and plenty of air admitted _ 
in mild weather, at the same time avoiding draughts, 
which are very injurious. Cinerarias like plenty of water 
at the roots at all times, and frequent syringings in summer 
and autumn. A thin shading will be required in bright 
weather, as the plants will not bear exposure to sun; 
should not, however, be permanent, or sufficiently thick 
є The plants soon become weak and drawn 
in a dry atmosphere, consequently only enough fire heat 
should be applied, even in winter, to exclude frost. The _ 
spring-sown plants will flower in autumn and early winter} 
but those sown in July or August, and grown on during 
winter, to flower the following spring, are invariably of 
the best quality. Named varieties that are to be per 
petuated by cuttings, should be cut down after flowering, — 
and be afterwards propagated by division. 
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Fig. 455. CINERARIA MARITIMA. 
Insects, фс. Cinerarias are especially liable, in 8l. 
stages of their growth, to the attacks of green fly. Tb? 
frames should be fumigated frequently, but not strongly» 
with tobacco paper, as, although the fly may not be 
detected at first, the plants may be infested und 
the young leaves. Fumigation is a certain cure, but is b 
used as a preventative. Red spider is sometimes trou 
some, but this is a sign of insufficient moisture, and [i 
remedy is of course suggested. Mildew is often caused 
by draughts, or a confined, close atmosphere. X 
affected parts should be dusted with flowers of sulphut 
