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THE FLOWEB GAEDEK". 



sulphur-white ; Cinderella, lilac ; Drin-drin, bright 

 yellow ; Modele, white ; Jonas, bronzy-yellow and 

 crimson. 



Cineraria. — Star-shaped flowers, subshrubby and herba- 

 ceous, most brilliantly tinted with white, pink, blue, 

 crimson, purple, and violet, in the richest hues. It is a 

 pity that they are as good as useless in the garden, from 

 their tenderness, combined with the early period at which 

 they form their flower-stem. As pot-plants, for indoor 

 decoration of the parlour-window, the greenhouse, or the 

 passage-conservatory, Cinerarias are invaluable, as they 

 may be had in flower from December to May. They 

 will grow from seed, cuttings, and divided roots, in ordi- 

 nary light rich garden soil, which should be kept rather 

 moist than dry. The African Cineraria, or rather Aster, 

 Agaihcea amelloides, or c&lestis, is a very old-fashioned, 

 almost forgotten window-plant, with the curious combina- 

 tion of very light sky-blue rays surrounding a yellow disk. 

 It is tender, and likes light rich soil, in common with 

 other Cape plants, and strikes easily from cuttings. It 

 deserves to be patronized as a bedding plant, and to be 

 rescued from its present obscurity. In floriculture, a 

 resuscitation is sometimes even more interesting than a 

 novelty. 



Cobcea scandens. — A climber, with large dull purple 

 flowers, useful for its rampant growth. The roots may 

 survive the winter, with protection, in the open ground ; 

 but for safety, raise plants every year, from layers or cut- 

 tings, to be kept in pots till the return of spring allows 

 them to be planted out in a warm aspect, in good hazel 

 loam. 



Coltsfoot (sweet-scented). — The Tussilago suaveolens of 

 other days, is now Nardosmia fragrans. Its flowers, 

 with a powerful heliotrope-odour, appear in winter, before 

 the leaves. "Will grow in any moist loamy soil, from slips 

 of the root ; but will become troublesome, if allowed to 

 have its own way too much. Give it an inch, it will take 

 an ell. 



Columbine. — See Aquilegia. 



