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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[January, 
exposed, either by the withdrawal of the lights 
or their removal to a shady position out of 
doors, as the night dews are of great assist¬ 
ance in promoting a vigorous growth. It is 
the practice of soma cultivators to plant 
Cinerarias required for stock in a shady 
border, and lift them when the offsets are of 
a suitable size for potting; but my experience 
is, that it is very much better to keep them in 
pots, the offsets in this case being more 
compact in growth and in all respects 
preferable. 
In a general way, the offsets will bo large 
enough for taking off by the end of July or 
the beginning of August. To detach them 
readily, and without injury to the roots, turn 
the old stools out of the pots, shake away all 
the old soil, and, holding the base securely 
between the finger and thumb, slip them off 
with whatever roots may be attached to them. 
When their separation has been effected, in¬ 
sert them round the sides of 5-in. pots 
filled with a compost consisting of mellow 
loam, leaf-mould, and sharp silver-sand, and 
shut them up in a frame on the north side of 
a wall or tall hedge, keeping them close and 
shaded until they have recovered from the 
check, and are commencing to grow freely, 
when a little ventilation and more light will be 
necessary. The soil must be kept moderately 
moist, and a rather humid atmosphere main¬ 
tained until the offsets are nicely furnished 
with roots. The next step will be to pot them 
singly in small sixties, or to put them into 
large sixties, three in each, the latter course 
being the best when large exhibition specimens 
are required. After they become well estab¬ 
lished in the small pots, two subsequent shifts 
will be necessary, the first into 5-in. or 6-in., 
and the second into 8-in. or 9-in. pots. 
The most suitable compost for both offsets 
and seedlings consists of mellow turfy loam 
five parts, old hotbed manure one part, leaf- 
mould one part, and nearly one part of sharp 
silver-sand. The loam should, as a matter of 
course, be used in a rather lumpy state, 
and at each shift the soil must be pressed 
moderately firm. 
The best place for the whole stock until the 
end of September will be a cold frame, and 
from that time until they are coming into 
bloom a spacious pit facing the south will 
afford the most suitable quarters, as in this 
they can be kept near the glass, and enjoy a 
temperature the most conducive to their wel¬ 
fare. The structure in which Cinerarias are 
wintered must be heated, but they ought not 
to be subjected to more artificial warmth than 
is necessary for keeping out frost and drying 
up superfluous moisture. In watering Cine¬ 
rarias, it is necessary to bear in mind that 
the supplies should be liberal, without being 
excessive; and that after the end of December, 
weak liquid manure may be advantageously 
employed at first once a week, or twice as 
the season advances. No stopping will bo 
necessary in the case of the seedlings, but 
the flower-stems of plants raised from offsets 
may be stopped at the third or fourth joint 
immediately they are so far developed. Large 
specimens ought also to have the leaves 
pegged out a little, to ensure an equal distri¬ 
bution of foliage, and the flower-stems must, 
as they rise, be tied out in such a way that 
the flowers will form even, spherical heads. 
Mildew, which is one of the chief enemies 
of the Cineraria, can be kept under by dusting 
the foliage with flowers of sulphur as soon as 
the plants are attacked; while moderate fumi¬ 
gations with tobacco-paper will suffice to make 
an end of green-fly, which is another of its 
greatest foes.—J. James, Eedlees, Isleworth. 
VINES AND VINE CULTURE. 
Chap. XVIII.— The Varieties of Grapes. 
( Continued .) 
descriptions of the varieties of Grapes 
eluded in our Synoptical Table are 
ire continued from our last volumo 
>. 181):— 
Red Hamburgh. — A synonym of Black 
Hamburgh: which see. 
Red Rhenish.— A synonym of Lombardy : 
which see. 
Royal Ascot (79).—An oval black Vinous 
Grape. 
Vine .—Growth robust and vigorous, with fine free 
constitution, very fruitful, frequently producing 
three or four bunches on one shoot, and also occa¬ 
sionally producing other bunches on the young 
laterals, which circumstance induced the raiser to 
designate it a “perpetual” bearer. Leaves large, 
roundish, deeply toothed, dying off reddish. 
Fruit.—Bunches small, rarely exceeding J lb. in 
weight, short, broad, frequently forked, or with one 
