58 Jfotices of neio and beautiful Plants 



cimen grown by Messrs. Lucombe & Pince of Exeter. (Pax. 

 Mag. Bot., Nov.) 



Asleracea. 



CINERA'RIA 



? VVaterhoiHidna P.ixt. Waterlioine's Iiybrid Cineraria. A green-houfe plant; erowins; 

 from OUR to nv'i f.'et high; with crimson flowers; ap) earing iu IMarcii; increased by ofl- 

 setts, in light ricli mould. Pax. Mag. Bot., vol. IV., p. 219. 



The beautiful genus Cineraria has been greatly improved under 

 the hands of the skilful gardeners of Great Britain. It is but a 

 short time since that only eight or ten species were in cultiva- 

 tion; now the species, and hybrids between them, number up- 

 wards of twenty. The C. cruenta is about the only species 

 which we have ever seen in collections in this country, but it 

 seems to be little admired, and is not often met with in very 

 great perfection. It is a handsome plant, but by no means to 

 be compared to some of the hybrid varieties, particularly the 

 subject alluded to above. 



The practice of hybridization is now carried to a great extent 

 by the practical gardeners of England; and the new and beautiful 

 flowers which are continually produced, attest that it is a sure 

 method of procuring novelties, when a greater part of the civiliz- 

 ed world has been travelled over by botanical collectors, and the 

 chance of finding new species, of any beauty, is so rare. The 

 most common flowers of the garden have not escaped attention, 

 and the beauty of the flower border has been doubly enhanced 

 by the production of new varieties. In the green-house, the 

 more magnificent, as the camellia, the genanium, and the rhodo- 

 dendron, have heretofore been subjected to the skill of the garden- 

 er, to the neglect of others; but now the less beautiful, though not 

 less interesting, as contributing to the gaiety of the green-house 

 at all seasons, have begun to receive attention. And no tribe 

 has been more improved than the cinerarias. Displaying their 

 starry blossoms in profusion from February to June, they are 

 objects always desirable, and, as they are easily cultivated from 

 seeds, they will repay all the care and trouble bestowed upon 

 them. 



The present variety is a very elegant plant; the flowers are of 

 a deep rosy crimson, and quite large. The foliage somewhat re- 

 sembles the C.kissilagofolia, from which and the C. cruenta it was 

 produced. It was raised by Mr. .James Tate, gardener to John 

 Waterhouse, Esq., after whom it is named. The greatest num- 

 ber of new hybrids have been grown by the Messrs. Henderson, 

 of Pine-apple Place, several of which are very superb. As we 

 have observed, the cinerarias are too little cultivated in our col- 

 lections of plants. It cannot be because they are diflicult to 

 grow, as ihey are increased by seeds or by ofisets; but the for- 

 mer make the handsomest plants. With the desire, however, to 

 see them more general favorites, if any information upon their 



