;:»r]|gia^HAT a splendid display these make when well grown ! yet many have the idea that they 
are a dirty class of plants, and always infested with fly, but when they are so, it is nearly 
because they have been starved and confined in an unfavourable,, dry atmosphere, 
and often placed next to some other infected plant. When seedlings or young plants are potted, place 
in a close frame for three or four days until they recover, and afterwards expose during the months 
of September and October to all favourable weather, and even during the night with as eold a tem- 
perature as possible, just exeluding the frost, and, as soon as the pots are filled with roots, supply 
with liquid manure, and at all times well surround with a moist, airy atmosphere. This family of 
plants should be the king of the greenhouse all through the spring, for really we know of no plant so 
easily grown as the CinerarTa, and very seldom we find it necessary to fumigate until just before they 
are coming into flower. (For other particulars, see Seed List.) 
First Prize at Royal Botanic Society’s Show, Regent’s Park. 
DOUBLE CINERARIAS. 
Seeds, 2s. Gd. per pkt. 
W E have one of the finest collections, and were awarded the Gold Medal at Ghent, Belgium, for 
three dozen of these double flowers, which surprised Their Majesties both King and Queen of 
the Belgians. 
These have been brought to such perfection, and the colours are so very beautiful, that they 
must now be considered not only a novelty but a choice and desirable plant, both for cut-flowers and 
button-holes, and one of the best plants for the greenhouse, requiring precisely the same treatment as 
the single varieties ; our 100-ft. house during April is a splendid sight. 
1. ADA — Deep blue. Is. Gd. 
2. A. F. BARRON — Deep magenta; two First- 
Class Certificates. Is. Gd. 
3. ADVANCE— An improvement on Mr. Thos. 
Lloyd; dwarf bushy habit; compact heads of violet- 
blue flowers; large and fine. First-Class Certificate. 
2s. 
4 ASPASIA — Dwarf habit, compact heads of 
bloom ; large, full, and symmetrical flowers ; deep blue. 
Two First-Class Certificates. 2s. 
6. BEAUTY— Of a pleasing shade of lavender- 
blue ; large globular flowers ; free. 2s. 
6. CHAD VALLEY BEAUTY— Bright violet- 
blue, shaded lilac, pure white at base of florets. 2s. 
7. CLARE— White, edge deep mauve, occasionally 
shaded rose ; medium size ; distinct. Is. Gd, 
' 8. FAIRY QUEEN — Pure white, tipped with 
bright rosy lilac. 2s. 
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