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means of sand or road scrapings, with leaf-soil. A fairly 
moist soil seems to bo more congenial to this subject than one 
that is liable to get either dusty or dried and baked in the 
summer months when the plant should be beginning to make 
fresh growth. This is indeed the most dangerous time of the 
year to the life of the plant, as it is perfectly hardy, and single 
ones even run wild in the far North by escaping from gardens. 
Two other double varieties may be mentioned here which 
may be used by way of contrast to the white one, though not 
to take its place. A dwarf double purple variety is known in 
gardens as II. matronalis purpurea fl. pi., which requires the 
same sort of treatment to maintain a healthy stock of it as in 
the case of the double white. A newer variety is that named 
If. m. lilacina H. pi. with double lilac-purple flowers produced 
On the Editor’s Table. 
Webbs’ Superb Cineraria. 
Blooms of a very fine strain of Cineraria under the above 
name have been sent us by Messrs. Webb and Sons, Wordsley, 
Stourbridge. The name Webbs’ Superb Cineraria is given to a 
strain of the highly developed florists’ flower, with very broad 
overlapping rays produced on short stems, or rather dwarf 
compact plants, such as the florist has been developing as 
the acme of perfection for many years past. 
Amongst them was a variety with pure white rays and a 
violet centre, the contrast being both well-marked and beduti- 
Webbs’ Supebe Cineraria at Wordsley, 
on rather taller stems than those of the previous two varieties. 
The double lilac variety was brought before the R.H.S. last 
year by Mr. E. Beckett. 
Corydalis thalictrifolia. 
• Both in foliage and flower this may well claim superiority 
over all its relatives, for whether in or not in bloom, in pots, or 
planted out, the plant is delightful, and when the foliage 
becomes slightly bronzed by the sun it is difficult to say 
whether the flowers add to the beauty of the plant or merely 
set off the foliage to better advantage. I do not wish to infer 
that, the flowers lack beauty, for their colour is a particularly 
pleasing shade of sulphur-yellow, and their size and shape are 
pleasing, but nevertheless the tremulous Fern-like foliage of 
lovely shades is distinctly handsome. The plant proves easy of 
propagation, and should surely rapidly become everybody’s 
plant. Heather Bell. 
Readers’ Competition. —Particulars of weekly prizes, see 
centre pave. 
ful. The violet centre was also characteristic of three other 
varieties differing totally in colour. One of them was a 
self variety with very broad and violet-purple rays. A still 
brighter flower, with a blue more evident, was characterised 
by a white zone running round a violet centre. This might 
be described as a bicolor. Still more pretty was auotliei 
bicolour, with the outer half of the rays of a rich ultramarine- 
blue. 
Another series of bicolors included a violet-purple one with 
a white zone. Another is an intense carmine-crimson with 
a white zone. A cheerful and very bright flower was that 
which we should describe as a rich dark magenta-purple with 
a white zone. Similar in colour to the last named was anothei 
variety without the white zone, and therefore a rich magenta- 
purple self. The darkest flower, apart from the violet and 
blue shades, was one which we should describe as crimson, of 
the shade of colour peculiar to Cinerarias. The rays of this 
dark variety were in two or three rows, and curiously enough 
the back of these rays, as in the other varieties, was entirely 
of a different colour. The highest colour is always confined 
to the upper surface as in a Chrysanthemum, or even a 
