THE CINERARIA HOUSE. 135 
No stopping of the growth must be done to Cine- 
rarias with a view to produce offsets. They will not 
bear the stopping of the flower scapes ; therefore those 
who want to produce plants in this way had better let 
the plants flower as they will, and when the signs of 
flowering begin to decrease remove them from the 
house to a cold shady pit or frame, where probably a 
greater inducement will be given them to produce off- 
sets. As soon as these appear, which spring from the 
surface of the pot, close to the stems, and when they 
are large enough, take them off with a root if possible 
attached to each, and pot them into three-inch pots in 
a compost of one half fine sifted leaf-mould, and one 
half maiden loam with a little sand added, and then 
set them in a shady cool pit or frame, giving them 
some water. These must be shifted into six-inch pots 
as soon as the small pots are filled with roots, and then 
they may be continued in the frame or pit, giving an 
abundance of air both night and day. Or they may be 
set on ashes under a north wall till October, when they 
must be placed in the house. If extra fine plants are 
required they should be shifted into eight-inch pots at 
once from the small ones. 
Seedlings must be raised from seed sown annually 
in June in seed-pans or under hand-lights in a shady 
border, and in soil as described above; potted off as 
soon as they have made six or eight leaves, and treated 
in the same manner as for the offset plants, frequently 
syringing them all along through the summer, and 
continuing it daily till they are in flower. This is the 
secret of growing the Cineraria free from insects, mil- 
dew, &c. which are so often complained of. Nothing is 
required to keep them clean and healthy but daily 
