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AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA.-CINERARIA CULTURE 
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moved under shelter, with plenty of fresh air, 
for if kept too close, the flowers will become 
pale, and the period of flowering will he 
shortened. They will, if properly managed, 
continue in beauty for a whole month. 
After the flowers decay, they should be 
placed in an airy part of the greenhouse, where 
the foliage will continue growing all the winter. 
When the foliage disappears, they should be 
allowed to go dry ; and at the end of June, or 
beginning of July, they may be repotted, 
using the same kind of compost as before. 
These bulbs will, however, flower without much 
deterioration for four or five successive years 
without repotting. If planted out, a very 
warm well-drained border should be chosen for 
them, and properly prepared with the same 
kind of compost as that recommended for pot- 
culture.— George Eyles, Lcsham Villa, /{nr. 
AQUILEGIA CHRYSANTHA. 
I T is impossible to speak too highly in 
praise of this beautiful species, which is 
\ a native of the Rocky Mountains of 
' North America, and remarkable for its 
elegance of form, and the free, graceful habit 
of the plants, which have much divided, 
handsome bright-green foliage. Aquileyia 
chrysantha is a strong-growing perennial, very 
hardy, and in good soil attains to a height 
of two feet or more, sending up spikes which 
branch out freely and bear numerous beautiful 
flowers; these are of a soft canary-yellow, and 
have long spurs, which give them a very light 
ornamental appearance. 
Besides the species above referred to, there 
are now numerous charming hybrids that have 
been raised by crossing it with A. ccerulea and 
others, which bear flowers of various colours. 
A. ccerulea, as its name implies, has blue 
flowers, or rather the sepals are of that colour, 
and the corolla or petals white, the contrast 
between the two being very effective and tell¬ 
ing. Unfortunately neither the constitution nor 
habit of this species are strong, but by sowing 
frequently and treating it as a biennial, good 
plants may always be kept. The best time to 
sow the seeds of the Aquilegias is in early 
spring, and the best place for them is under a 
hand-light in rich light soil on a warm border, 
where the plants should remain till the follow¬ 
ing year; and they should then be removed 
to the borders, or to any positions in which it 
is desired they should produce their flowers. 
In the climate of London, where they do not 
thrive particularly well, we find it best to keep 
them in pots in a cold frame. In this way 
they make very elegant pot-plants.— T. Moore. 
CINERARIA CULTURE. 
I.—From Offshoots or Suckers. 
T HE double-flowered varieties should be 
propagated by means of offsets or 
suckers, because of the large propor- 
^ J tion amongst seedlings which produce 
flowers of inferior character. When exhibition 
specimens, either single or double, are re¬ 
quired, the stock should be raised from 
offsets of first-class varieties, as a more 
uniform head of bloom is thus obtained, and 
there is no risk of time or skill being wasted 
upon plants that have flowers either inferior 
in quality, or wanting in distinctness of colour. 
In raising stock from offsets, the plants 
selected for propagation should have flowers 
that are remarkable for large size, excellent 
shape, and effective colouring. The selection 
must consequently be made when the plants 
are in bloom. After the removal of the fading 
flowers, place the plants in a frame occupying 
a shady position; and until the ofisets begin 
to grow freely maintain the soil in a moderately 
moist state, increasing the water supply ac¬ 
cording to their requirements. Until the end 
of May free ventilation will be necessary, and 
from that period until the offsets are large 
enough to be potted, the plants must be fully 
