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plants, young or old (but the former preferred), may be potted 

 singly into 3 -in. or 4-in., and stood in a frame or pit until the 

 time comes for planting; or some of them may be potted-on for 

 flowering in the greenhouse. To get bloom in a heated house in 

 winter strike cuttings in spring, repot the plants as required until 

 they are in 6-in., pinch once or twice to make them bushy, and 

 pick out the flower buds as fast as they show until November, then 

 let them come into bloom. Loam, with a little leaf mould and some 

 sand, makes a suitable compost. Zonal Geraniums are generally 

 free from insects and diseases, but the foliage will become blotched 

 if the falling petals are allowed to decay on them. The following 

 are good varieties: 



For Bedding. 

 Beckwith's Pink 

 Paul Crampel, scarlet 

 Flower of Spring, silver varie- 

 gated 



Mrs. Pollock, golden variegated 

 Mr. Henry Cox, dark variegated 



Singles for Pots. 

 Carmania, salmon-rose 

 Hatfield, pink 

 Lady Warwick, Picotee edge 



Saxonia, scarlet 



Sir T. Hanbury, blush 



Venus, white 



Doubles for Pots. 



Colossus, crimson 



Calif ornie, orange 



Rosa Bonheur, pink 



Pierre Loti, rose 



King of Denmark, salmon 



Raspail Improved, scarlet 



Hermione, white 



Gerbera, Barberton Daisy (ger-bera, after Herr Gerber. Ord. 

 Compositae). The beautiful Gerbera Jamesoni is quite a modern 

 plant in European gardens, having being introduced from South 

 Africa in 1889 (see the Botanical Magazine, t. 7087). It arrested 

 instant attention, with its large, starry, brilliant scarlet flowers, 

 and being taken in hand promptly by the hybridists, soon gave 

 different colours. There is now quite a range of hues. The plant 

 is not quite hardy, and if grown outdoors should have a sheltered 

 place. It is perhaps best treated as a pot plant, being grown in a 

 frame or cool greenhouse. A sandy compost of loam and peat in 

 equal parts suits it. Seed is procurable, and may be sown in pans 

 of sandy soil in a warm frame or greenhouse in spring, the seedlings 

 being pricked off, potted singly, and repotted as desired. Five-inch 

 pots are large enough, and the soil may consist of loam with a third of 

 leaf mould and some sand. If growths from the base can be secured 

 they may be used as cuttings. The plants come readily from seed 

 sown in a greenhouse in spring, the seedlings pricked off, potted 

 singly, and repotted as needed. 



Gesnera (gesne-ra, after Conrad Gesner. Ord. Gesneraceae) . 

 Very brilliant warm-house plants, with large, rough leaves and 

 tubular flowers borne loosely on long stems. The flowers are mostly 

 both abundant and brilliant, so that the plants are very showy. 

 They are suitable for pots or baskets. The tubers should be started 

 in bottom heat in February, and potted in a compost of loam 

 3 parts, leaf mould and dried cow manure i part each, and sand. 

 They may be flowered in 6-in. pots. Give a warm house and 

 plenty of moisture until they come into bloom, when they may go 



