CINERARIA.-— COMMJELINA C-ffiLESTIS. 
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CINERARIA, (the cape aster.) 
Many new varieties of this Plant, are now in culti¬ 
vation, that are very showy, and flower during the 
winter and spring, where they form a pleasing variety 
amongst other plants in the windows or Greenhouse, 
and are easily cultivated as follows. 
As soon as they have done flowering, cut off the 
flower stems and dead leaves, and in spring plant them 
out in the ground or a shady situation for summer, in 
August take them up, and divide their roots, and pot 
them in good soil, (a mixture of peat and loam is most 
suitable for them,) and place them in a sheltered situa¬ 
tion, or in a frame until the approach of frost, then 
remove them into the Greenhouse or room windows, 
keep the soil in the pots moist, and they will bloom 
nearly all winter and spring. The most showy kinds? 
are C, waterhousiana, C. kingii, and C. pulchella. 
COMM^ELINA C^ELESTIS, (ortuberosa.) 
Is a beautiful Plant, with small tuberous roots, 
thriving very well in the open borders, and displaying 
a succession of delicate azure flowers, from June till 
October. 
It may be raised from seed sown in April, in any 
tolerably rich moist soil, and will flower the same 
