figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 59 



cultivation will do so, we extract the following, furnished by Mr. 

 Paxton : — 



After stating that the C. cruenta is one of the bestsjoecies to save 

 seed from, he remarks that it ripens, "in general, in April and 

 May, when it should be immediately sown; for we always find it 

 the best way to raise young plants from seed every season; and, as 

 this species is liable to sport a good deal from seed, we take care 

 to mark, when they are in bloom, those which produce the larg- 

 est corymbs, and when the seed is ripe, it is carefully collected 

 and sown, by which the flowers of the succeeding season come 

 much superior. The seed should be sown, as soon as ripe, in 

 good sized pots, of light rich mould, and placed in a gently heat- 

 ing hot-bed, where they will soon vegetate; when they have 

 made two or three leaves, they should be transplanted into small 

 sixties, using the same light rich compost as before recommend- 

 ed, and replaced in the frame; in a short time they will require 

 a larger sized pot, which should be immediately given, and so on 

 till they reach the size of thirty-two, in \\hich they may be al- 

 lowed to flower. Towards the middle or latter end of October, 

 if they have had proper attention, such as water, air, pot room, 

 &c., they will commence throwing up strong flower-stalks from 

 the centre, when they should be placed in a .light part of the 

 green-house, where they will begin flowering in December, and 

 continue beautiful for several months. To have them in a flow- 

 ering state in May and June, the following simple method should 

 be followed. Sow the seeds, as before directed, about May, 

 and when the young plants are sufficiently strong, they should be 

 potted into sixty sized pots, and placed in a cold frame, where 

 they should stand all winter in no larger sized pot than a forty- 

 eight. In the spring, (March,) they should be shifted into thL- 

 ty-two sized pots, and still kept in a frame; in a month or six 

 weeks they will begin flowering, when the lights of the frame 

 should be tilted, so as to admit an abundance of air; in order; - 

 have the plants dwarf, the head broad, and the flowers well ex- 

 panded, they should stand as near the glass as possible; when the 

 flowers are open, they should be taken into the green-house, 

 where they will be quite ornamental." 



Any varieties that it is desirable to increase should be separa- 

 ted at the roots in August, potted, and managed like the young 

 seedlings. 



The cinerarias are also valuable plants for turning into the bor- 

 der in spring, where they make a gay appearance all the summer. 

 Plants for this purpose should be raised from seeds in May, pre- 

 served in a cold frame during winter, and turned out of the pots 

 into the border in spring, where they will flower abundantly. 

 {Pax. Mag. Bot., Nov.) 



