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mould, and fine white sand, in about 
equal proportions. The young plants 
are preserved best in a low, cold pit, so 
that they may stand on the floor, and 
yet be near to the glass; the reason for 
this is, that though they require to be 
constantly and moderately moist, still 
the frequent application of fresh water 
is found to be injurious, and on this ac¬ 
count fire heat is to be avoided, as hav¬ 
ing a tendency to dry the soil, taking 
care, however, to preserve them unscathed 
by frost. It is on the condition of the 
plants througlithispartof the year that the 
flowering of the succeeding spring mainly 
depends, for, if not perfectly healthy now, 
it is almost hopeless to expect them to 
be vigorous then. About the beginning 
of Tebruary they should be removed into 
larger pots, and a stronger soil than that 
recommended for the first potting ; the 
loam and leaf mould may be continued 
as before, but, instead of sand, well-rotted 
manure should be used in the same pro¬ 
portion. At the same time a quantity 
of seed may be sown in a gentle heat, to 
supply plants for bedding out. in the 
flower-garden; those will continue to 
produce flowers from the beginning of 
June till they are cut off by the autumna 
frosts. Those which are in pots shoulc. 
be kept, after their final potting, in the 
same kind of pit until the flowers are 
just expanding, when the greenhouse, or 
other place they are intended to decorate, 
should of course receive them; through¬ 
out the entire existence of the plants 
they should be guarded from drought 
and the attacks of the green fly, to winch 
they are very subject; fumigation and 
washing with tobacco-water are the most 
effective means of clearing them from 
the latter. It will sometimes happen 
that though the plants may bloom most 
abundantly, they do not perfect seed; 
the mode of obviating this difficulty, as 
practised by one of the most successful 
of Cineraria growers, is to stand the 
plants in a very cool shaded place through 
the summer, when, he affirms, they never 
fail to produce it in abundance. After 
flowering, the old stems should be cut 
away, and the stools shifted back into 
small pots, preserving them through the 
winter in the manner advised for seed- 
ings. 
CINNAMONIUM (R. Brown.) Nat. 
Or. Lauracere. Ornamental stove plants, 
with fine rich green foliage, and, in some 
instances, very handsome flowers; the 
slants attain a considerable height; they 
Trow well in a mixture of peat and loam. 
G. verum yields the cinnamon of com¬ 
merce, and camphor is obtained from C. 
camphor a. 
CIRRHOEA (Lindley.) Nat. Or. Or- 
chictacece. Very curious epiphytes of the 
pseudo-bulbous class, producing greenish 
yellow, or purple flowers, the rostellum 
of which is elongated and curved in the 
manner of a tendril. Bor culture they 
may be referred to Brassia. 
CIRRHOPETALUM ( Lindley. ) 
Nat. Or. Orchiclacece. Another curious 
genus of very dwarf-growing epiphytes,, 
which delight to be grown on blocks of 
wood suspended in a high and moist 
atmosphere; their flowers are, for the 
most part, more curious than beautiful, 
though what interest is wanting in the 
absence of brilliant colours is compen¬ 
sated for by their very extraordinary 
organization. 
CLADANTHUS (Cassini.) Nat. Or. 
Compos it re. C. arabicus is a very inte¬ 
resting and ornamental hardy annual, 
producing yellow flowers,; it only re¬ 
quires to be sown in March in a warm 
border, and to be thinned out when 
large enough to transplant. 
CLARKIA (Pursh.) Nat. Or. Ona- 
gracece. The whole of the species are 
indispensable to every flower-garden 
where annuals are grown at all. The 
first sowing should take place in Sep¬ 
tember; a few will survive the winter, 
and afford an early bloom in the follow¬ 
ing season; the next and principal sow¬ 
ing should be done in March, and a few 
more put in about the end of April, to¬ 
gether with the transplanted groups, will 
continue a fine display through the whole 
summer. They grow in any soil, so that 
the situation is open or free from the 
drips of trees, and merely require to be 
thinned to about a foot from each other, 
and those which are drawn out should., 
be planted in other places, as before 
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