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penetrating the ground, it will grow with great vigour in the spring. It 
also forms a beautiful object in the conservatory, when grown as a 
standard. To grow it in this manner, a young plant should be put in a 
stove, and kept in a moist heat; it should then be divested of all side 
shoots, and shifted as required. As it delights in a shady situation, to 
encourage its growth put it under the shade of vines, or anything to form 
a partial shade; where, if due attention be paid, it will make shoots from 
five to six feet long in one season. When of the desired height, the 
following spring, it can be topped and managed as before; and when in a 
flowering state, it can be removed to the conservatory, where, in course 
of time, it will become a magnificent plant. 
Bagshot, 
March ls£, 184L 
ON THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE GREENHOUSE CINERARIAS. 
BY THE EDITOR. 
The greenhouse Cinerarias, or Cape Asters, are very valuable from 
their coming into flower at a season when showy flowers are particu¬ 
larly desirable from their rarity. By a slight forcing, most kinds of 
Cinerarias may be made to flower in December ; and if merely preserved 
from the frost during winter, they will flower freely in March. Most of 
the kinds are very handsome, and they are all well deserving of a place in 
every greenhouse, plant-cabinet, window, and balcony, from the brilliant 
colour and lively appearance of their flowers, and their great abundance 
and long duration. 
Most of the purple Cinerarias are varieties, or hybrids, of C. cruenta , 
(see fig. 38,) which has bright purple flowers 
which are very fragrant, and leaves which 
appear stained with crimson on the under 
side ; and hence the name, cruenta signifying 
blood. This species is a native of the Canary 
Isles, whence it was introduced in 1777* It 
was long a favourite in greenhouses, and was 
generally propagated by dividing the roots; 
but about 1827, (fifty years after its first 
introduction,) Mr. Drummond, curator of the 
Botanic Garden in Cork, having raised it 
from seed, and found the seedlings vary con¬ 
siderably, conceived the idea of hybridizing it with C. lanata {fig. 39 a ) ; 
