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to break the leaves, as they are very 

 brittle and tender. When the pot is 

 quite full, give it a gentle knock upon 

 the bench to finally settle the soil. When 

 all are finished, give a gentle watering, 

 and place them in a cold frame ; shade 

 them if they flag from the sun, and water 

 when necessary. The cineraria is a very 

 fast-rooting plant, and they will soon 

 require another shift. To know when 

 they require it, turn a plant carefully 

 out of its pot, and if the roots have 

 reached the sides of the pots, and through 

 the drainage, re-pot again immediately ; 

 for if the roots once become closely 

 matted, the plants will be crippled in 

 their growth. The grand object is to 

 keep them growing freely till they make 

 large broad-leaved plants in eight-inch 

 pots before they begin to show their 

 flower-stems. Keep them in the cold 

 frame, or pit, through the winter, only 

 take care to cover them up securely 

 every night, and day also, if the frost is 

 severe. It will be necessary to pack 

 round the sides and ends of the frame or 

 pit with either short litter or dry fern of 

 sufficient thickness to keep out the se- 

 verest frost. During this severe weather, 

 it will sometimes be necessary to keep 

 the covering on the glass all the day. 

 It has occurred that the cover has been 

 kept on for a fortnight without any in- 

 jury ; but on all fine days take off the 

 coverings, and give abundance of air, 

 pick off all decaying leaves, should any 

 appear, and only water when absolutely 

 necessary. They grow and keep healthy 

 much better in such a situation than in 

 a greenhouse. 



Summer Culture. As soon as the warm 

 mild days of spring arrive give the plants 

 their last shift, and, if desirable, remove 

 them into the greenhouse at once, pla- 

 cing them as near the glass as possible. 

 The flower-stems will now be advancing 

 rapidly ; and for some kinds it will be 

 necessary to use sticks to open out the 

 heads of bloom and show them to the 

 best advantage, especially for those in- 

 tended for exhibition ; but all sticks 

 should be removed a day or two before 

 the show, as they are no addition to the 

 beauty of these plants. 

 , Insects. The great pest of the cine- 

 raria is the greenfly, but it may be easily 



got rid of by smoking with tobacco ; yet 

 it must be carefully applied, as there is 

 no plant so susceptible of injury from a 

 too strong dose of this smoke. Some- 

 times the red spider makes its appearance ; 

 and when it does, it will be necessary to 

 dust the leaves with sulphur, which, 

 though it will not kill him, prevents 

 his feeding, and thus starves him to 

 death. 



Diseases. These plants, like all other 

 highly cultivated ones with soft wood, 

 are subject to go off just on the surface 

 of the soil. The only preventive is 

 plenty of fresh sweet air and a judicious 

 application of water, especially during 

 the early part of the year. 



CINNAMO'MTTM. Cinnamon. (From 

 the Arabic name, kinamon. Nat. ord., 

 Laurels [Lauracese]. Liun., -Ennean- 

 dria, \-momgynia). Cassia bark is ob- 

 tained from nearly all the species of 

 Cinnamon trees. Other countries have 

 their Cinnamon trees, but differing from 

 the true Asiatic Cinnamon. Stove trees. 

 Cuttings of fine shoots in April, in sand, 

 under a glass, and a moist bottom heat. 

 Peat and loam. Summer temp., 60 to 

 80 ; winter, 55 to 60. 

 C.Beiolgo'ta (Beiolgota). 40. Yellow, green. 

 East Indies. 1818. 



Ca'ssia (Cassia). 50. Yellow, green. June. 



Ceylon. 1763. 



Culila'ban (Culilaban). 20. Yellow, green. 



East Indies. 1823. 



du'Ice (sweet. True cinnamon). 40. White, 



yellow. East Indies. 1820. 



gla'ucum (milky green. Camphor Tree). 



20. Pale yellow. Japan. 1800. 



gra'cile (slender). 20. Yellow, green. 



East Indies. 1820. 



Malabo.' trum (Malabar-fca/). 20. Yellow, 



green. East Indies. 1805. 



monta'nwn (mountain). 40. White, green. 



West Indies. 1810. 



ni'tidum (shining). 20. White. East In- 



dies. 1823. 



vefrum (true). 40. Green. July. East In- 



dies. 1768. 



CINQUEFOIL. Potenti'tta. 



CION. See Scion. 



CIRCLE'A. Enchanters' Nightshade. (A 

 classical name after Circe, a celebrated 

 enchantress skilled in poisonous herbs. 

 Nat. ord., Onagrads [Oriagraceae]. Linn., 

 2-Diandria, \-numogynia. Allied to 

 Lopezia). Hardy perennials. Offsets 

 and divisions. Common garden soil. 

 C. alpi'na (Alpine). 1. Red. July. Britain. 



intermedia (intermediate). 1. lied. July. 



Europe. 1821. 



