FOREIGN N0TI0E8. 



Bfterthe i»nn lieoonies powerful iu spring. Tliose blooming in winter like full ex]>osure to the 

 little ("uiicliine mid lii^lit which can then be affonleJ them. "Where Hpceimens are wished to 

 flower in winter, cuttings shouKl be selected about April, jdantcd in light sandy soil, placed in 

 a temperature of about 5r>°, and grown as freely as posssible during the sunmier and autumn, 

 and allowed to become ])ot-bound towards November, when, if placed in a tempernture of about 

 SO", thev will be found to flower freely, and will be exceedingly useful for furnishing cut 

 flowers. Seeils sown in April produce useful plants for winter flowering, as they grow more 

 vigorously during the summer. When the beauty of the sjiecimens is over, remove the flower 

 stems, unless seed is wanted, and then only a few spikes need be left. Place the jilants in a 

 shadv situation and keep them clear of insects and properly supplied with water utitd a supply 

 of suckers is obtained, when the old plants may be thrown awaj-. (iood fresh turfy loam, in 

 the proportion of two parts to one of two-years-old cowdung, well intermixed with a quantity 

 of clean, sharp sand, according to the nature of the loam, to insure efficient drainage, forms an 

 excellent compost for the Cineraria. For small plants leaf-soil or sandy peat may be substituted 

 for the cowdung. — A., in Gardeners' Chronicle. 



The Genus Cvtisus. — The species and varieties belonging to this genus are among the gayest 

 and most easily cultivated of our winter and early spring flowering plants; producing, with 

 ordinary management, an abundance of brighSeolored, cheerful-looking flowers for some three 

 months iu succession; and for amateurs, having only a small colleclion of plants, nothing could 

 be more useful. 



Beginners should commence with young plants, of C. racanosus for instance, which, if pro- 

 cureiJ at once, will form nice little specimens for blooming in spring; they should be placed in 

 a cold frame, or a cool airy part of the greenhouse, giving them plenty of water at the root, 

 syringing them overhead on the mornings and evenings of bright days, and keeping them near 

 the glass, to induce close short-jointed growth. If the pots are found to be well filled with 

 roots, which, in the case of healthy plants received from the nursery, will be sure to be the 

 case, give a libe: al shift, say into pots two sizes larger than those in which they have been 

 growing. For soil use about equal parts of good rich light turfy loam, and strong fibry peat, 

 broken up so that it would pass through a half-inch mesh sieve, and well intermixed with sharp 

 sa:id, a!id some lumpy bits of charcoal, to keep the mass open after the decay of the fibre. Care 

 should be observed to thoroughly drain the pots, for the plants will be found to require a very 

 liberal supply of water; and unless perfect drainage is secured, the soil will be apt to become 

 sour towards the bottom of the pots. Beyond the ordinary routine of watering, syringing, A-c., 

 very little attention will be necessary during the growing season ; but if spider should make its 

 appearance, no time must be lost in eradicating it, by laying the plants on a clean mat and 

 thoroughly washing the under sides of the leaves with the syringe; this operation repeated 

 twice a week for a fortnight, will generally be successful, \mless when the plants are growing 

 in too warm a situation, and in this case it will be nearly impossible to keep them free from 

 this pest. If any branch is observed to be taking a decided leave of its fellows, it should be 

 stopped, and the main shoot should be kept neatly tied to a stake; this is supposing that the 

 object is to obtain a well furnished pyramidal bush, which is decidedly the best method of 

 training ; but if any other form is desired, it will be easily attained by timely attention ; for the 

 plants, being vigorous growers, are easily trained, with a little care, in any shape. If the 

 phints can be kept near the glass in a light airy situation, so as to induce short compact growth, 

 they may be kept growing till late in autunm, but they should not be kept too close at this 

 season. They may be wintered in a cold pit or wherever they can be protected from damp, for 

 a few degrees of frost will not injure them. After they have bloomed in spring allow them to 

 stand in a rather cool place for a foi tnight, then cut in the shoots slightly, and place them in a 

 moist and rather close spot, to induce the buds to break freely, and when. the young shoots are 

 about an inch long, re-pot, giving a liberal shift, using the same soil, Ac., as already recom- 

 mended, syringing freely until the roots get hold of the fiesh soil. When this is the case 

 be more freely exposed to air, and as soon as the weather permits, removed to a sh 



