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CINERARIA SEEDLINGS. 
(Sapphire), is perhaps the most decided blue yet obtained amongst Cinerarias. 
There is, moreover, an agreeable contrast afforded to the celestial hue of the 
ray-florets, by the numerous yellow anthers which just peep beyond the florets of 
the disk. 
From March to May — the time when these flowers are in their greatest 
perfection — we have nothing more gorgeous and various in hue to place in the 
greenhouse or conservatory: all summer long they will continue to send forth a 
profusion of blossoms, if planted in beds on the lawn ; and by removing them on 
the approach of autumn frosts, and replacing them in pots capacious enough to 
hold their roots without much mutilation, their flower-bearing season may be 
prolonged till far into the winter. Few plants thrive or flower better in the open 
air during summer ; and as they are also easily propagated, it seems strange that 
they are not more extensively devoted to the parterre. 
