winter, in a dry airy room, protected from frost; and 

 should be very sparingly supplied with water, or its 

 succulent stems will be liable to decay. In the be- 

 ginning of March, propagation may be commenced 

 by cuttings, and if one plant only has been preserved 

 through the winter, an abundance of others may be 

 raised from it. Two joints are sufficient to consti- 

 tute a cutting, and it should be taken off close be- 

 neath the lower one. It is usual to slit it a quarter 

 of an inch upwards from the bottom, through the 

 joint, which certainly in some plants facilitates their 

 rooting, and can injure none. These should be 

 planted in pots of light rich earth, two or three in 

 each, then watered immediately ; and bell glasses, 

 or in the absence of these, tumblers or goblets, be 

 turned over them. If in this state it be convenient 

 to place the pots in a warm cucumber frame, the 

 cuttings will strike root more quickly, but if not 

 they may be placed before the window of a warm 

 room having a southern aspect, where they will 

 generally succeed very well. The glasses should, 

 occasionally, be taken from them for a few minutes, 

 and wiped, but not be altogether removed till the 

 cuttings have struck root. When they begin to 

 grow freely, they may be transplanted into separate 

 pots, be gradually hardened to the open air, and 

 kept in readiness to turn into the borders about the 

 middle of May, where they will prove a conspicuous 

 ornament all the summer. The white variety of the 

 double Groundsel is far less common than the pur- 

 ple ; and though not so gay an ornament, is a very 

 desirable one either for pot culture or to beautify 

 the parterre. 



Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 42. 



