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CINERARIA. 



rivulet, or at the foot of rockwork, 

 or in a grotto. They should be 

 grown in a mixtui-e of loam and 

 peat, and are propagated by division 

 of the roots. 



Chtmoca'rpus. — Trojice'olacece. 

 — C. pentaphyUus is Prof. Don's 

 name for Tropaolum xjentaphyllum. 

 The general appearance of the plant 

 resembles that of Tropdohim trico- 

 lorum; but when examined closely, 

 the flowers will be found to differ 

 in their construction, and in the 

 number of the little inner petals, 

 which are five in Trop^olum, and 

 only two in Chymocarpus. The root 

 of the first also somewhat resembles 

 a potato, and that of the last a 

 carrot. Chymocarpus pentapjhyllus 

 is a beautiful climbing plant from 

 Buenos Ayres, growing freely in 

 sandy peat and loam, in the open 

 air, if planted against a south wall ; 

 but generally kept in a green-house. 

 It grows very rapidly, aud produces 

 a profusion of red and green flowers 

 during the whole summer, which, 

 should the autumn be favourable, 

 are succeeded by a number of black 

 juicy berries, which, in flavour and 

 appearance, are not unlike the Zante 

 grape. It grows freely from seeds, 

 if sown in a gentle heat immediately 

 they are ripe, and may be increased 

 by cuttings, or division of the roots. 

 When it is grown in a pot, care 

 must be taken not to over-water it, 

 when the stems have died down in 

 j the autumn. When trained over a 

 I wire frame, it makes a splendid 

 show when in flower or finiit. 

 ChixcoS-^a. — Peruvian Bark. 

 CiNEB a*ria. — Compositcc. — The 

 Cape Aster. — The half-shrubby 

 plants belonging to this genus are 

 1 all of easy culture, and hybridise 

 I freely with each other ; and when 

 it is added that they produce a great 

 abundance of showy flowers, it will 

 not appear surprising that they are 



in general cultivation. They are 

 nearly hardy, but are always grown 

 in pots, as they flower so early in 

 the season, that in the open ground 

 their flower-buds would be liable to 

 be nipped by frost. They are grown 

 in light rich soil, and only require 

 ordinary attention in watering. 

 They ai-e propagated by dividing the 

 roots in August, by cuttings struck 

 in autumn, or by seeds, which they 

 ripen in abundance. The seed should 

 be sown in May, on a slight hotbed, 

 and the young plants pricked out 

 into small pots, and shifted fre- 

 quently during the summer. If they 

 are wanted to flower in December, 

 they should be kept in the green- 

 house all the year, and they will 

 begin to throw up their flov>^er-stalks 

 in October ; but if they are not 

 wanted to flower before April, the 

 usual time of their flowering, they 

 may stand in the open air, and need 

 not be shifted above three or four 

 times during the summer : and in 

 October they may be put into a cold 

 pit, where they may remain just 

 protected from the frost, till March, 

 when they will begin to send up 

 their flower-stalks. Nearly all the 

 beautiful purple-flowered kinds are 

 varieties of hybrids of C. cruenta, a 

 native of the Canaries. The finest 

 hybrids are C. Waterhousiana, C 

 Hendersbnii, and the kind called 

 the King ; but new kinds are raised 

 every season. 



The herbaceous species of Cine- 

 raria have nearly all yellow flowers, 

 and many of them are natives of 

 Europe. They should be gro^vn in 

 rather light soil, and they are pro- 

 pagated by division of the root. C. 

 aurea, with golden-yellow flowers, 

 a native of Siberia, is one of the 

 handsomest species. Professor De 

 Candolle, in his late arrangement of 

 the Compositse, has removed all the 

 purple -flowered species formerly in- 



