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gravel walk smoothly rolled. As regards edgings forasphalte walks, 

 we are aware that the belief exists that box and other living edgings 

 will not grow near gas tar ; but this is not the case. We could 

 point to gardens where hundreds of yards of box are growing close 

 to the asphalte, and all other kinds of edgings thrive well enough. 

 It is only necessary to plant the edgings after the asphalte bas been 

 put down and is set ; and this is not a difficult matter, as the 

 asphalte can be put down and rolled with the utmost exactness, and 

 the edgings can be planted close up to it. 



THE CINERARIA. 



[HE seed of the Cineraria should be sown in autumn, and 

 as soon as the produce can be bandied, they should be 

 potted separately into a soil composed of loam, leaf- 

 mould, and silver sand, in about equal proportions. The 

 young plants are preserved best in a low, cold pit, so 

 that they may stand on the floor and yet be near the glass. The 

 reason for this is, that though tbey recpiire to be constantly and 

 moderately moist, still the frequent application of fresh water is 

 found to be injurious, and on this account fire-heat is to be avoided, 

 as having a tendency to dry the soil, taking care, however, to pre- 

 serve them unscathed by frost. It is on the condition of the plants 

 through the winter part of the year that the flowering of the suc- 

 ceeding spring mainly depends, for if not perfectly healthy now, it 

 is almost hopeless to expect vigorous bloom. About the beginning 

 of February they should be removed into larger pots, and a stronger 

 soil than that recommended for the first potting. The loam and 

 leaf-mould may be continued as before, but instead of sand, well- 

 rotted manure should be used in the same proportion. At the same 

 time a quantity of seed may be sown in gentle heat, to supply plants 

 for bedding-out in the flower garden ; those will continue to produce 

 flowers from the beginning of June till they are cut off by the 

 autumnal frosts. Those that are in pots should be kept, after their 

 final potting, in the same kind of pit until the flowers are just ex- 

 panding, when the greenbouse or other place they are intended to 

 decorate should of course receive them. Throughout the entire 

 existence of the plants, they should be guarded from drought and the 

 attacks of green fly, to which they are very subject ; fumigation and 

 washing with tobacco water are the most effective means of clearing 

 them from the latter. It will sometimes happen that though the 

 plants may bloom most abundantly, they do not perfect seed ; the 

 mode of obviating this difficulty is to stand the plants in a very cool, 

 shaded place through the summer, when they produce it in abundance. 

 After flowering, the old stems should be cut away, and the stools 

 shifted back into small pots, preserving them through the winter in 

 the manner advised for seedling. 



January. 



