THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 



FLORICTJLTtTKE. 



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Several varieties of double-flowered Cinerarias have been 

 brought out by Messrs Haage and Schmidt of Erfurt, under 

 the name of Cineraria 

 hybrida /lore pleno. 



This is quite a nov- 

 elty in floriculture. 

 We already possessed 

 numerous strains of 

 those heautil'nl plants 

 remarkable for the 

 size and brilliancy of 

 their many-tinted flow- 

 ers; but until 1861, 

 when Mr. Kendall of 

 Stoke Newington, ex- 

 hibited a double-flow- 

 ered variety in Lon- 

 don, called Cineraria 

 rosea plena, to which 

 a commendation was 

 awarded, a double, or 

 rather full - flowered 

 variety was unknown. 

 Mr. T. Moore, co-ed- 

 itor of the 6V,v/v,v\ 

 Cfi-roiu'ofe, describes it 

 as a very pretty, com- 

 puct-growing, double- 

 flowered variety, with 

 the flower head- of ,i 

 magenta-rose colour. 

 He adds : whether that 

 was lost or not, or did 



DOUBLE-FLOWERED CINERARIAS. 



not perpetuate itself, we do not know; but it was no 



seen again in public, nor has adouble-flowered Cineraria 



appeared since that 



time, so far as we are 

 aware, until those in 

 question. The plant 

 figured , raised by 

 Messrs. Haage and 

 Schmidt , about six 

 years ago, has been 

 very closely observed, 

 but it had varied but 

 little up till that time. 

 It was therefore a piece 

 of good fortune to 

 obtain varieties of va- 

 rious colours, whilst at 

 the same time preserv- 

 ing the doubleness ; 

 and this is what the 

 above-named gentle- 

 men have succeeded in 



Henceforward 



the 



KITCHEN GARDEN 



DURATION OF THE GERMINATIVE POWER OF SEEDS. 



A short, though very instructive article recently appeared 

 in the Revue Horticole. It is a list of culinary plants, giving 

 the duration of the germinative power of seeds commonly 

 used. A good many amateurs of limited practical experience 

 who save their own seeds, are in doubt whether to keep 

 or cast away certain sorts after they are twelvemonths old 

 It would be doing good service to lay the information before 

 them. The list in question, signed X., is evidently the work 

 of a practical man. His indications are not absolute. Some 

 species indeed, exceed the limit given for them, but in 

 general it may be followed with advantage, and w partic- 

 ularly recommend it to the notice of our readers 



Asparagus, Asparagus officinalis 5 



Bwfl , Oeymum Basiiicum ■•••.. 4 



Batatas, Convo 

 Beet-leaf, Beta 

 Beet-root, Beta 





Burnet, Poterlu 



m sanguisorba .....,]] \ % 



Capsicum, Solatium capsicum 4 



Cardoon, Cynara Cardunculus 7 





Cauliflower, Brassica oler. botrytes 5 

 Celery, Apium graveoiens 7 



Celeriac, „ 7 

 Chervil , Scandix cerefoltum . -> 



„ bulbous, Chaerophylliun bulbotum 2 



Chicory, Cichorium intybus a 

 Chive, Allium fistuiosum 3 



Corn salad, Valerianeila QUtoria 



Cress, Common, Lepidin,,, k 



Cress Water, Nasturtium officinale ...... 4 



Cucumber, Cucumts satitnu 



Dandehon, Taraxacum officinale \ 

 Solatium melongena. ' <J 

 Endive, Cichorium endivia 



Fennel, Foeniculum officinale 



Gourds, Cucurbita pepo, maxima and motet at 

 House-bean, Faba sativa . 



. . 5 



Kidney Beans, Phaseolus var 



Kohl-Rabi, Brassica caula rapa 



... 5 



