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sion of insects ; green flies are much to be dreaded on these plants, 
for if they once effect a lodgement, the destruction of the bloom is 
certain ; fumigating with tobacco is the readiest means of de¬ 
stroying them, or they may be taken off with a long haired brush. 
Through the summer the plants must be kept cool and shaded, and 
their after-treatment will be merely a repetition of that described, 
though, from their increased size, larger pots will of course be ne¬ 
cessary. Cinerarias raised from spring-sown seed form excellent 
bedding plants, as they continue to bloom throughout the summer 
when turned into the open ground. The subjects of our illus¬ 
tration are seedlings, the production of Charles Eyland, Esq., of 
Walsall, and exhibit a very great advance both in size and sub¬ 
stance, as compared with the best that have previously come 
under our notice; the blue variety is decidedly the largest flower 
we ever saw, one of the blooms received measuring an inch and 
three quarters in diameter; an even and well-formed flower. 
The others were equally stout, with petals sufficiently broad to 
present a perfectly regular surface, and an outline as nearly cir¬ 
cular as it is probable we shall ever obtain in this family. The 
whole of the varieties will be esteemed as valuable additions, even 
to the best collections. 
THE OXALIS. 
In the preparation of winter-flowering plants, wherever the 
convenience of only a common garden frame can be commanded, 
some individuals of this genus should be included. There are a 
great number of them—the greater part bloom in winter—and 
nearly all are extremely pretty. They are plants, too, of the 
easiest culture, requiring little or no attention, except while they 
are most beautiful. For six months they may be laid away, and 
during the other period they will contribute greatly to the em¬ 
bellishment of all plant structures; or, so docile are they, that it 
is quite possible to grow and flower them to perfection with no 
other means than the sitting-room window, having a tolerably 
good aspect. The species to be preferred are such as the pretty 
little tricolor , whose buds of pink and white, in distinct spiral 
lines, are so interesting; Bowei , with large, rosy-crimson flowers; 
