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CINCHONA 



richer in alkaloifls than the original. In this way, by 

 tailing successive strips of bark in different years, the 

 tree yields 



Cinchonas are sometimes seen in collections of eco- 

 nomic plants, but only one of them seems to be regu- 

 larly in the trade at this time. This is C. officinalis, 

 var. Condnminea, which Franeeschi says is "probably 

 the least delicate and more easily grown of all Cinchonas. " 

 L. H. B. 



CINEKAKIA (ash-colored, from the Latin, referring 

 D the Knv foliage). Coinp6sitw. Herbs or under-shrubs, 

 losclv alii, a f. Scuii'i". from \vhi(-h they are separated 



hi,-iK K ■'•■',' ,1 . li .lii.'irrs 111' til.- ak.iir. 'I'lir genus 

 3 vai'M , M I-. .li.Vrn III anlliM,-. \ , limited 



.Iii|,ri rs aliMal _':, .South 

 aaa; l ,n|. li CliLniria be- 



: I . I 111.' llorists (Fig. 



II. -n. There are 



! : hat it is a direct 



, ., ..tluT that it is a 



( // ,.■;.■.•.. I' . pnpwli- 



|,.,.i.:.ai', I 1. .1.1, ,1. These 



iliscnssion re- 

 1, see Nature, 

 ■U G C III 



CINERARIA 



least pot -bound, or suffer in anv way during the season 

 of growth. The ?<.!! ta.iiM .-..-i^i-t ..f half l-af mold 



and half fine fibi - ' ■■ ai, : i .,a,,a,:l,aa ..i -il- 



ver sand, until th-' ; : ; ■ : i ; : , i a. i :- 1 1 a v. - . a.a |i..is, 

 when the soil sli. a', i . ; a ', a. : !,. a , ami 



one part well-decay .; ' .■ -a .a .■ jnU . a a . a -li. .-p- 



manure. About the lirst of O.-tobi-r the plants slu.uld 

 all be removed to the greenhouse, where the atmosphere 

 should be kept cool and moist, but not stagnant. If a 

 rainy spell should set in, a little artilli-ial heat should 

 be given to cause a circulaiin . f ila a- iii..-iihere, and 

 as the fall advances the i. , -iM he kept 



about 45° at night, with u i . ...s by .lay. 



Liquid stimulants should i il the ll..\ver 



buds begin to appear, whiai I l.inetited by 



an occasional watering ii a - or sheep- 



manure water. Cineraria ii.j.ct to the 



attacks of green-fly. To k. . a a k. the hcmse 



in which tbev are e-rowii --k a , i..! with to- 



bacco ah. .a . ...a' la I. a .1 . . < ■ ■ -'■ aa j.ki.-t-d 



among th.' , ■ i ; > a - ■ , ■■ ■ i ...a. , • ...... 



Doublr Ik. ■ '• ■' . .a ,. a, - , : I , . a a, aa laa a.,m- 

 monly gr..\Mi. n. llh.-r ar.- ll..;. a- li.aiil.r.:! a- ik.' .-lliglo 



varieties. They may be pniprigatcd l,y s<-i.<l or by cut- 

 tings, the latter being the best method, as a large per- 

 centage of seedlings are stire to turn out single, which 

 will be Inferior m size of flower as compared with the 

 best single varieties. Double-flowering varieties must 

 be propagated each year to obtain the best restilts. As 

 soon as the pi mts have finished blossoming the flower 

 stalks should be cut awa\ to induce the plants to make 



The single hjbrid Cmerarias are among the most use 

 tul and beautiful of all greenhouse flowering pl-vnts 

 The ease with which thej can be raised, the little heat 

 required, togethtr with their tree blooming qualities, 

 brilliant and various colored floweis, which last for a 

 considerable time m blnssnn make them popular with 

 most people ^ i" > " "'^ ' ^'" dl 



greenhouse I ' ' i ' • ' ' 1 1 1 1 . ^ 



character an 1 i I ' 



or divisKm . 1 i 



areTiest trc it. 1 i .imn .1 i 



them from sttd en h ^^ar md 

 throwing away the plants after flow 

 ering Though anyone may save 

 one's oT\Ti scid tin ( 1114 iirn like 



all sti„i.iiii 111! I 1 11 I I 



fully watLred ^^ith i hm k's. uhI tin 11 pi u . .1 111 some 

 cool, shaded place, suth as a frame placed on sifted coal 

 ashes on the north side of a wall or building, where they 

 will germinate in about a week or ten days. As soon as 

 large enough to conveniently handle, the seedlings 

 should be potted into thumb-pots and grown on as 

 rapidly as possible, shifting on into larger size pots as 

 often as required, never allowing them to become the 



472 The florists Cmeraria-C 



fresh growth, which, as soon as large enough for cut- 

 tings, should be taken off and inserted in an ordinary 

 propagating bed, where they will soon root, after which 

 they should be potted and shifted on as often as re- 

 quired, growing them during the hottest months in as 



