CISTUS. 



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CLARKIA. 



treatment, of propagating a plant ; these 

 old ones being the best plants for early 

 flowering, they may be divided even up to 

 October. 



Management in Winter. In January 

 many plants will be in bloom, and may be 

 removed to the window or conservatory, 

 while those reserved for blooming in May 

 and June should still be kept in cold pits 

 or frames, taking care to guard them from 

 severe frosty weather, arxd especially from 

 moisture. If large cinerarias are required, 

 shift a few into larger pots, and pinch off 

 the tops to produce a bushy head, tying 

 or pegging down the side shoots to keep 

 them open, keeping them supplied 

 moderately with moisture, and giving air 

 on every possible occasion. 



Good Type of Cineraria. Mr. Glenny 

 tells us that " to make a truly fine cineraria 

 we must have a white ground, which 

 renders any colours a good contrast, the 

 most striking being crimsons and blues. 

 The edging should be even, forming an 

 even band of colour alike all round, and 

 having a well-defined circle of white sur- 

 rounding a disc of some determinate 

 colour. This disc, then, should be white 

 on the ground, distinctly banded with a 

 dense colour of some kind, the grower the 

 contrast the better ; the disc being small, 

 dark-coloured, or bright yellow ; the petals 

 smooth and velvety no ribs or pinkers ; 

 the bloom flat and round ; or if they 

 deviate, by cupping rather than reflexing ; 

 the foliage spreading, green, and even ; 

 above which the flowers should fo^rn an 

 even surface of bloom, the flowers setting 

 edge to edge, and perfectly circular ; the 

 ends of the petals free from notch with a 

 distinct edge of colour ; thick at the edge 

 and the flowers opening flat." 



Cistus, or Rock Rose (nat. ord. 



Cista'cese). 

 The common name of a family of hardy 



perennial shrubs bearing a beautiful bloom 

 mostly white, rose, or purple in colour, with 



I a spot of a different colour, generally 

 purple or yellow, rt the base of each petal. 



I The flower resembles a large single rose. 

 The variety best known, perhaps, is Cistus 

 ladaniferuS) or the Gum Cistus. It is 

 propagated by layers put down after the 

 shrub has bloomed, or by seeds sown in 



April, or cuttings placed under a hand- 

 glass in May. The cistus does well on 

 ariy ordinary soil, but it prefers a shady 

 position. 



Clark'ia (nat. ord. Onagra'cese). 



Hardy annuals bearing cheerful-looking 

 flowers, growing freely from seed and 

 blooming profusely under almost all cir- 

 cumstances. When planted in sich soil 

 and properly attended to, they rank 

 amongst the most effective of annuals for 

 the border, their large handsome flowers 

 and shrub-like habit rendering them strik- 



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ingly attractive. The new varieties that 

 have been introduced of late years, such as 

 Purple King and Salmon Queen, varieties of 

 Clarkia elegant, which yields double white 

 blooms ; the rose, white and Tom Thumb 

 varieties of C. integripetala, and the pure 

 white and pink and white varieties of C. 

 pulchella, may be regarded as decided 

 acquisitions. 



