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C. Striatum. — In this plant the ground colour is white, 

 beautifully splashed and spotted with rose and purple. 



C. violaceum,, — Petals very broad and of fine substance, pure 

 white, with a large, deep, rich violet eye, very handsome and 

 distinct. 



Daphne. 



This genus includes some of the most deliciously fragrant 

 plants in cultivation. They are of robust constitution, and 

 succeed well when planted out in the greenhouse, where they 

 will yield an abundance of their very sweet flowers throughout 

 the winter — a season of the year when flowers, especially 

 such flowers as those of the Daphne, are particularly valuable. 

 They are somewhat slow-growing plants, and therefore, while 

 small, two growths should be made by them in a season. In 

 order to succeed with this, they must, if requisite, be repotted 

 iu February, and then placed in a moist atmosphere, with a 

 temperature of about 55° ; they must be treated liberally with 

 water as the roots fill the new soil. In about ten weeks the 

 first growth will be made, when the points of the young shoots 

 may be pinched out, and the plants placed in a drier and 

 more airy situation. As soon as the wood appears well 

 ripened, which will be in four or five weeks' time, they may 

 be again removed to the warm moist atmosphere (without 

 repotting), and kept in it until they have finished another 

 growth. When this has been accomplished, gradually inure 

 them to bear a drier atmosphere and less heat, so that the 

 wood may be well ripened and the flower buds set. To secure 

 an early crop of flowers, as well as a succession, some of the 

 plants must be placed in gentle heat. These remarks, of 

 course, apply only to those grown in pots. Those which are 

 planted out will succeed under the same treatment as that 



