134 THE FORCING GARDEN. 



the prize-growing of these two beautiful subjects ? What 

 will grow the Cineraria will also grow the Calceolaria, 

 i.e. the same house will do for both in succession. 



I want to show again how effective and interesting 

 such a house may be made- with only these two classes. 

 It is considerably more difficult to grow a lot of miscel- 

 laneous plants in one house, than one or two species in 

 the same. Many no doubt have been struck with the 

 idea of realising ' 176?. from three glass houses,' as I 

 have said may be done in a business way, in my ' Mul- 

 tum-in-parvo Gardening ; ' but I must say again, that if 

 it can be done in a business way, then it is surely worth 

 while to try the same thing in the way of pleasure for 

 the sake of the amount of variety in the aggregate, be- 

 sides on account of its being the easiest and surest way 

 of obtaining a good effect. Nor can anything give 

 this result with less trouble and with greater satisfac- 

 tion, than first a house of good Cinerarias, and then 

 Calceolarias to succeed them ; and when we remember 

 that there are few classes of plants that can compete 

 with these two for beauty and variety and as effective 

 show plants, no one will dispute my plea for houses 

 devoted entirely to them ; and if grown as they should 

 be there are few persons but will prefer them to most 

 others. 



Seedling Cinerarias generally produce much hand- 

 somer plants than those grown from offsets, although, 

 to perpetuate the true sort, obtaining the plants from 

 offsets must be resorted to. It is sometimes difficult 

 to do this, for generally the Cineraria will flower itself 

 to death, nor can you prevent it with some sorts ; no 

 one can control the freedom with which some will 

 flower. 



