CINERARIA SEEDLINGS. 
1, Lady Prudhoe ; 2, Countess of Zetland ; 3, Emperor of Kussia ; 4, Fairy Queen ; 5, Sapphire; 6, Criterion ; 7, Surrey Hero ; 
8, Desirable. 
GARDEN VARIETIES. 
It is not many years since the old Cineraria cruenta and one or two others, 
were nearly the only plants of this class cultivated in gardens : at the present day, 
through the industry and skill of the florist, the varieties are become almost 
innumerable, and are so much improved in all the qualities usually esteemed in 
plants, that no one now thinks of retaining the original species, except merely as 
botanical curiosities. The straggling panicles of the primitive kinds are succeeded 
by evenly-arranged flower-heads ; their star-like circles of ray-florets by others of 
much greater breadth ; and in nothing is the advancement more apparent than in 
the increased brilliancy and variety of tint. 
In the attached plate our artist has tastefully grouped eight varieties which we 
have chosen from the many that offer on every hand. These exhibit the principal 
classes of colour into which Cinerarias may now be divided — white, crimson, and 
blue selfs, and crimson and blue-tipped. They are all superior flowers, and 
sufficiently distinct from each other to be admitted into any collection ; and those 
who desire a larger assortment may easily find many excellent intermediate 
varieties. 
The two first were produced by Messrs. Jackson and Co. of the Cross Lanes 
Nursery, Bedale, Yorkshire, who kindly obliged us with specimens last May. 
Both varieties are remarkable for breadth of petal, and their intensely brilliant 
colours. With regard to the latter point, it is but just to state that art produces 
nothing that can nearly equal the natural flower, especially the crimson one. We 
could scarcely desire anything more perfect than the dwarf habit and immense 
compact masses of blossom which they displayed at the May exhibition in Regent's 
Park, where they attracted much notice and were awarded extra prizes. 
For the remaining varieties, which are by no means less worthy of notice, our 
thanks are due to Mr. Ivery, of Peckham, a gentleman well known in the flori- 
cultural world for his successful productions. It is scarcely necessary to allude 
individually to them ; we must, however, observe that the light cserulean variety, 
