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sprinkling every night and every morning, unless, of 
course, it should prove a rainy season. I am much 
mistaken if the amateur who takes my advice on these 
points of pricking out his seedlings and keeping them 
moist will not be rather astonished at the rapid, kindly 
growth of the plants. Such a stock of health and vigour 
will he attained by them that they will retain strength 
and health through the winter. The only points to 
attend to will be great care in taking them up before 
they become too large, and to be careful to take them 
up with nice compact balls. A common hollowed-out 
garden trowel is the best instrument for this purpose. 
When potted they will require a week or two’s placing 
under a frame, and to be shaded, to recover the trans¬ 
planting. 
Those cultivators who may not have a convenient bed 
to prick out their seedlings, or who may choose to keep 
them under glass, may proceed by filling some shallow 
boxes or garden pans with the compost, and in them 
prick out the young seedlings, as soon as they can be 
handled, at about two inches apart, and when the leaves 
begin to touch each other have them transplanted 
into suitable-sized pots, replaced in the frame, shaded, 
watered, fumigated, and so forth as they require it, and 
repotting them when the pots are filled with roots. By 
this treatment the plants will flourish pretty well, but 
not so fast or freely as in the open bed. 
SIX NEW VARIETIES OF CINERARIAS. 
1. Brilliant (Lidgard). — White ground, with light 
azure blue edge, and very dark disk or centre. A variety 
possessing excellent properties of form and habit. 
2. Earl of Clarendon (Turner).—Deep violet ground, 
with a red ring round the dark disk. A very distinct 
and superior variety, novel in colour, and excellent 
habit. 
3. Emperor of the French (Turner).—White ground, 
with broad, rosy crimson margin, and dark disk. A 
large-flowered and well-formed flat truss. A fine ex¬ 
hibition variety. 
4. Excelsior (Turner). — Clear pearl white ground, 
margined with violet; disk violet also. A lovely variety 
in the way of Sieveiuright's Scottish Chieftain, but much 
improved every way. 
5. Miss Labouchere (Boussie).—White ground, with 
a narrowish margin of rosy lilac. A fine variety. 
0. Optima (Boussie).—White ground, with a broad, 
deep blue edge, and disk of the same colour. Whoever 
exhibits Cinerarias for a prize ought to procure this 
variety. 
(Price from 3s. 6d. to 7s. Gd. each.) 
It is probable by this time, or early in the autumn, 
that young plants of these six varieties may be obtained 
for half the prices quoted. It is something remarkable 
that new varieties of Cinerarias are scarce this season, 
or perhaps the raisers have prudently refrained from 
sending out any varieties as new ones that are not 
superior to those already known and cultivated. 
TWELVE OLDER VARIETIES. 
1. Alba Magna (Smith).—White self, with purple 
disk. A fine variety. 
2. Conspicua (Wheeler).—Pure white ground, broadly 
margined with rosy purple; habit dwarf and compact, 
with large, well-formed trusses. 
3. Empress (Salter).—White ground, with a delicate 
rosy lilac edge; petal broad, and habit good. 
4. Exquisite (Dobson).—Pure white ground, margined 
with rosy crimson, dark disk, a good shape, and free 
bloomer, with a dwarf habit. Fit for the exhibition stage 
either at a show or at home. 
5. Fascination (Henderson).—A clear, deep blue self, 
excepting a distinct white circle round the blue disk; 
petals well formed and very firm. 
0. Lady Mary Labouchere (Turner). — Pure white 
ground, delicately margined with blue; blue disk. A 
free bloomer of a dwarf, neat habit. 
7. Magnum Bonum (Turner).—A bright rosy purple 
self, with a white ring surrounding the nearly black disk. 
A noble, fine variety. 
8. Mrs. Qerard Leigh (Henderson). — Pearly white 
ground, with a margin of rosy purple, and blue disk. A 
large, distinct, and showy variety. 
9. Picturata (Henderson).—Clear white ground, mar¬ 
gined with rosy purple; lavender disk. A good show 
variety. 
10. Prince of Blues (Ivery).—Very dark blue self, con¬ 
trasted well with a white disk. Large and showy. 
11. Rose of England (Boussie).—Clear white ground, 
margined with violet purple; dark disk, and extra fine 
form. 
12. Sir Charles Napier (Turner).—Rich blue self, with 
broad petals and dark disk. A fine show flower. 
T. Appleby. 
THE CRUCIFERAE, OR CROSS FLOWERS. 
From Ilogg's Natural History of the Vegetable Kingdom. 
{Continued from page 185.) 
“ CAMELINE/E.— Camelina saliva, or Gold of Pleasure , 
is extensively cultivated on the Continent, particularly in 
France, Germany, and Belgium, for the oil which is ex¬ 
pressed from its seeds ; and in some parts it is an important 
crop in agricultural cultivation. The oil of Camelina is 
nearly inodorous, and gives a brighter flame, with less 
smoke, than that of either Rape or Mustard. It is considered 
the least in value of all the oils of this family, hut is good for 
scouring cloths, and—in Avinter only—for making a soft 
soap. It is not drying, neither is it considered applicable 
for domestic purposes. The stems of this plant are tough, 
fibrous, hard, and durable, and are used as a thatching for 
temporary buildings, and for making brooms, sackcloth, sail¬ 
cloth, and packing.paper. 
“ LEPIDINEiE.—In this tribe we have Lepidium sativum, 
the Common Garden Cress, of Avhicli there are several va¬ 
rieties, including the curled-leaved and the broad-leaved. 
The whole plant has a warm, slightly acrid, and pungent 
taste, but is mild and agreeable, and is Avell known as fur¬ 
nishing, with Mustard, one of the most common and popular 
salads. The leaves and the roots of L. latifolium have an 
acrid and peppery flavour, and, applied to the skin, speedily 
produce irritation. The whole plant is of energetic action, 
and is one of the most powerful antiscorbutics. The leaves 
having been used by country-people as a condiment to their 
viands, instead of pepper, it has been called Poor Man’s 
Pepper. Other species, as L. ruderale and L. Iberis, possess 
the same properties. 
“ ISATIDiE.—The most important plant in this tribe is 
the Dyer's Woad (I satis tinctoria), from which a blue dye is 
obtained, Avith which the ancient Britons painted their per¬ 
sons, and in consequence of which the northern inhabitants 
of our island were called by the Romans, Piets, Avhile those 
of the south were styled by the Celts, Britons, from the 
Celtic Avord britho, to paint. In Celtic it is called glas , sig¬ 
nifying blue, and from this the name of Glastonbury is sup¬ 
posed to have arisen. As an article of commerce Woad is 
now of much less value than it formerly Avas, when it formed 
a very important feature in English agriculture, its place 
having been supplied by indigo, which can be produced in 
much greater quantity and at a considerably cheaper rate. 
Woad is a native of this country, and is still cultivated to a 
small extent, affording tAvo crops in the year. It is not our 
province here to enter into the cultivation of the plant, but 
as regards its blue product Ave shall shortly state the mode 
by Avhich it is obtained. When the plant is ripe, Avhich is 
knoAvn by its first leaves beginning to dry, all the leaves are 
cut off and laid in a heap to wither, in a place sheltered 
from the sun and rain, and are frequently turned over to 
make them heat equally. When properly fermented they 
are taken to a mill, similar to that used for crushing linseed, 
and there ground till reduced to a paste, Avhich is afterwards 
