CINERARIA MARITIMA. 
SEA RAGWORT. 
Order. 
SUPERFLUA. 
Natural Order. 
COMPOSITE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
S. Europe. 
2f feet. 
July, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1633. 
No. 454. 
The word. Cineraria, is derived from the Latin 
cineres, ashes; to indicate the ash-like colour of the 
leaves and stems of the plants of this genus; a pe- 
culiarity arising from their downy or tomentous 
surface. Maritima, from the Latin mare, the sea; 
a specific name chosen to indicate its native situa- 
tion — the sea coast. 
To the same circumstance which it owes its syste- 
matic name. Cineraria, it is also indebted for the 
less classical, but equally expressive, one of Pow- 
dered Beaux. Its almost white stems and foliage, 
are very conspicuous in the open garden; and claim 
some recommendation, for it really becomes a showy 
plant, independently of its flowers. 
The Cineraria maritima is rarely submitted to 
full exposure, which, it must be allowed, is an over- 
sight, inasmuch as its appearance is unique, and its 
habit sufficiently hardy to bear most of our winters. 
It should be planted in a dry and rather poor soil, 
in a warm situation. And as cuttings readily root, 
under a hand-glass, a few plants may be propaga- 
ted annually, to receive the shelter of a sitting-room 
or shed, in very severe weather. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 5, 75. 
Class. 
SYNGENESIA. 
