Herbaceous and Bedding Plants 



Anemone (or grilled form), the Pompone (or small-flowered) 

 and the fringed Japanese or ragged section. The Pompone and 

 the recurved are considered the most satisfactory for outdoor 

 bedding as they are more free-flowering -and not so easily dam- 

 aged by Fall winds or wet weather. When the young plants are 

 about twelve inches high, a neat stake should be placed at each 

 stem, and the stems tied to the stakes, as they need the support. 



CINERARIA. 



The Cineraria is one of our gayest 

 early-Spring flowers, and, as it is so 

 easily grown, should be more com- 

 monly seen than it is. It thrives in 

 any soil, flowering most freely in any 

 district which is free from frost, and, 

 if planted under the shade of trees 

 where there is a little protection, it 

 grows freely and blooms constantly 

 from January to July. 



The Cineraria prefers a light 

 sandy soil well enriched with old 

 manure. Propagation is effected by 

 seeds, sown in June, in a cold frame 



or- in a shaded spot out of doors. As the seeds are very small, 

 the surface soil, on which the seeds are to be sown, should be 

 sifted leaf-mold, smoothed over and pressed firm. Sow the 

 seeds thinly and regularly over the surface and cover them 

 lightly with finely sifted soil composed of leaf-mold and sand 

 well-mixed together; afterwards watering with a fine-rosed 

 watering-pot. The seeds should be shaded until they germinate, 

 and, when the seedlings are large enough to be handled, they 

 should be transplanted to three inches apart, and placed where 

 they are to bloom, early in October. An ideal spot for flowering 



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Cineraria hybrida. 



