102 PLANT PROPAGATION 
April and May can be struck to produce dwarf plants on 
single stems for flowering in small pots for decorative 
purposes. They root readily in a cool, close frame. 
The stools of outdoor plants can be easily increased by 
division in February or March. 
To raise,new varieties the seed should be sown in 
January or February in gentle heat, and, when potting 
off, weak as well as robust seedlings should be grown 
on, as sometimes the former give better results than the 
more vigorous. The true characters of the blossoms are 
not shown until the second year, at which time their 
merits may be decided, those of promise being retained 
and the worthless discarded, but not before. 
C. frutescens.—The Marguerites, or Paris Daisies, 
are propagated by cuttings of healthy, firm shoots taken 
in autumn and spring in a close frame or under bell- 
glass until rooted. The annual kinds of C. carinatum 
and C. coronarium may be raised from seed sown under 
glass in February or outside at the end of March. There 
are many beautiful varieties. 
CINERARIA.—The greenhouse varieties should be sown 
in May and July in pans of sifted compost consisting of 
loam, leaf-mould, and sand in equal proportions, thinly 
covering the seed. Put over them a sheet of glass and 
place in the greenhouse or pit, raising the glass to admit 
air when the seedlings appear, and finally removing 
altogether. When large enough to handle, prick out 
in pans or boxes or separately in small pots. In summer 
grow on in a cold, well-ventilated frame with a cool, 
moist bottom of coal ashes, and remove to the green- 
house in October to protect from frost. 
To perpetuate the good qualities of double varieties 
they are propagated from cuttings. 
