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CINERARIA WATERHOUSIANA. 
(vVATERHOUSe's HYBRID CINERARIA.) 
GLASS. ORDER. 
SYNGENESIA. SUPERFLUA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
COMPOSITE. 
A GARDEN PRODUCTION. 
If the value of a genus increase as the production of handsome and superior 
varieties result from impregnation between the species already known to belong to 
it, the present has certainly made within the last few years considerable augmentation 
in this respect. Many very showy and even splendid hybrids are now known in our 
gardens as the result of the transference of the pollen from one species to another, 
and others equally meritorious are now and then springing into notice in different 
parts of the country, as rewards of the industry and active skill of the gardener. 
There is every encouragement to look for still further improvement in this genus ; 
and with equal satisfaction and pleasure may we look forward to others already 
known as the parents of many varieties, the profuse number and striking beauty of 
whose flowers contribute in more than an ordinary degree to heighten the beauty of 
our flower-gardens ; indeed, to what extent may we not carry our anticipations 
when we look around and glance at what has been done in our flower-gardens 
within the lapse of only a few seasons ? The exertions which have recently been 
made by scientific gardeners, and the numerous discoveries abroad, have filled our 
borders with many ornamental flowers in which they had formerly been deficient ; 
whilst plants of endless variety, with regard to height, habit of growth, and colour, 
are now crowding upon us, to the gratification of every true lover of nature. 
The handsome variety here represented will in some measure prove the justice 
of our remarks, and show, in a faint degree, how much the growing novelty and 
advancing gaiety of our greenhouses, flower gardens, &c, are owing to the laudable 
exercise of the cultivator's wisdom and practical skill, when studiously turned to the 
assistance and furtherance of nature's capabilities in the production of superior and 
additional beauties. 
