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supply, It IS as well to retard the iiowering of a few varieties ; tliis may be accomplished by 
potting the plants again into larger pots by an inch, or an inch and a half, than would, 
under ordinary circumstances, be required previous to the flower-stalks rising. Good-sized 
specimens will continue in bloom six weeks, and a little care may lengthen that period to 
near two months (some seasons). Cinerarias fertilise with little trouble, and seed abund- 
antly, more especially if kept in rather a dry situation, where they can have plenty of air 
and judicious watering. When the seed is ripe, it should be gathered, and kept dry for a 
short time, when it should be cleaned and sown immediately in finely sifted and rather 
sandy leaf-mould. They will appear in a fortnight or three weeks. When they have two 
well-formed leaves, and have two more just beginning to show themselves, you may judge 
it is a fitting time to prick them out into small pots. They should be placed on gentle 
bottom heat for eight or ten days, to induce them to strike out freely. As soon as they 
have made a little progress, they should be re-potted, and replaced for another week, when 
they may be exposed gradually to the open air, in order to strengthen them previous to the 
winter setting in ; after which they should be subject to the treatment recommended for 
young plants. Fumigation must be attended to at proper times, never too powerfully. 
The grand points to be considered with the Cineraria, is never to allow them to want water 
while growing, but when at rest to withhold it as much as possible with the sustenance of 
life. Some people have recourse to the division of the roots to increase their stock. Such 
measures are certainly practicable, but I prefer the methods already given, as being equally 
good in most respects and better in some, as increase can be procured without injury to the 
large plants ; and as the bushy style of growth is most admired, so I advocate the most 
possible means of securing the same. The following are a few of the many beautiful varie- 
ties in this class : — Henderson's Adela Villiers : form, good ; colour, white, tipped with 
rich crimson ; disk well-proportioned ; size of the flower, large ; profuse bloomer, and good 
habit. Henderson's Pauline, a most superb variety : form, excellent ; petals, short, broad, 
and obtuse, of great consistency ; colour, magnificent crimson, a pure self. This flower is 
one of those burnished varieties that assume diff"erent shades as the light falls on it. In 
one way we have the rich, pure, velvety appearance ; and reverse it, and it is varied with a 
suffusion of crimson rays, that seem to burnish the petal, giving it a most gorgeous effect ; 
the size of the flower, large ; a profuse bloomer, and good habit. Henderson's Fairy Queen, 
a well-formed flower : pure white ground, delicately tipped with rose ; disk, nicely raised 
and well-proportioned ; compact-growing plant, an abundant bloomer, and good habit ; size 
of the flower, large. Kendall's Richard Cobden : form, excellent ; colour, a beautiful tint 
of blue, terminating in a tinge of rosy lavender at the base of the petals, assuming the form 
of concentrated rays around the disk, which is well-proportioned ; size of the flower, large. 
Treng's One in the Ring : this variety claims attention rather on the score of its general 
appearance than on any individual excellence ; form, good; colour, white, tipped with rosy 
purple ; disk, well proportioned ; size, rather small ; free bloomer, and good habit. Treng's 
Gem : form, good ; colour, splendid purple crimson ; petals, round and broad ; good habit ; 
flowers well above the foliage. Kendall's Newington Beauty: form, good; flower, large; colour, 
purplish crimson, with white centre. Henderson s Beauty of St. John's Wood, a fine free- 
flowering and very striking variety : form, good; colour, white, tipped with crimson. Hender- 
son's Alboni, a distinct variety, of dwarf habit : profuse bloomer ; clear white ground, tipped 
with rosy lilac. Henderson's Maid of Artois, a fine shaped flower, with a brilliant centre ; 
purplish blue ; a dazzling, showy flower. Gaine's Vesta, a good variety ; white, tipped 
with brilliant rose ; disk, well-proportioned ; a free bloomer, and luxuriant habit. Gaine's 
Brenhilda : form, good; petals, of more than usual consistency; colour, rich lilac shaded; 
as a variety, desirable in most collections. Holmes's Attractor : crimson self, fine form, 
but rather small. Jackson's Celestial : form, excellent ; Yery dwarf habit ; colour, brilliant 
blue. Henderson's Magnet : W'hite ground, tipped with high rose. Henderson's Eleanor : 
fine formed flower ; dark disk ; ground, pure pearly white, tipped with rose. Henderson's 
Defiance : good colour, but not habit, owing to blooms not throwing up sufficiently above 
the foliage. Henderson's Carlotta Grisi, a very pretty and desirable variety. Henderson's 
Royal Crimson, Treng's Colossus, Purple Prince, Compacta, Formosa, Superb, Sir C. 
