January 1, 1910 
grow the plants should commence with 
seed-sowing in early summer, say tho 
present month, although some sow before 
that time 
rather freely, and in the end they have 
plants with large, succulent leaves for 
Some grow their stock on 
their extra pains. Plants grown in this 
manner frequently lose the best of their 
foliage before the winter season is got 
through, thus presenting an ungainly 
When 
sowing at this time is practised, there is 
appearance when in flower. 
along enough period wherein to obtain 
plants of good size before the winter sets 
in. These should not receive any check 
from the time the seed germinates until 
active growth is almost over in the late 
autumn. 
When sowing cover the seed thinly 
With fine-sifted soil and press the surface 
firm, When the seedlings are large 
enough to handle, prick them ont in pots 
or pans of similar soil, and when more 
advanced pot them singly in 4 inch pots, 
using soil a trifle less sandy. They 
seould be grown in shallow frames facing 
the north, and if so situated that the sun 
shines on them in the middle of the day, 
they must ke slightly shaded. ~ Give 
plenty of air, and never allow them to 
become dry. 
When well established with roots, shift 
into 6-inch pots, which should be liberally 
Supplied with manure-water as they get 
filled with roots. 
Cinerarias are quick-growing and free- 
rooting plants, and if the roots are once 
allowed to become matted or in any way 
Pot-bound, they cannot afterwards be got 
to move freely. 
In winter they shoul! be removed to a 
pit or house where a little heat can be 
Supplied, They should stand on a moist 
bottom, and be sheltered from cold 
Cranghts. 
When the flowering stems appear, give 
Manure-water every alternate watering. 
Cinerarias are very subject to the 
attack of green-fly, which attacks the 
Undersides of the lower leaves Immer- 
Sion of the lower part of the plant in - 
tobaceo-water is the most expeditions 
Way of dealing with this pest. 
Red-spider and thrips are also trouble: 
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THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
some sometimes, but not to any appreci- 
able extent if the cultivation is as above 
advised, 
A New Golden Bedding Rose. 
Through the courtesy of my friend M, 
‘Pernet-Ducher, writes a correspondent to 
the ‘The Garden’ (England), of Nov. 13 
1909, 1 was able to inspect some blooms 
of his marvellous new golden Rose Rayon 
ad’ Or. Instead of being a golden ray it 
isa veritable flood of gold, and will 
supply a long-felt want to those who em- 
ploy the delightful Hybid ‘Teas for. 
bedding purposes. On opening the box 
of blooms the first exclamation was 
‘What a glorious colour!’ I at once 
compared Rayon d’Or to the rich golden, 
erratic variety Gorges Schwartz, but. 
found this Jatter of quite a pale primrose 
yellow, so different to its summer colour, 
There was u0 Rose in my large collection 
of such atich, pure yellow. It reminded 
me of Marechal Niel and | ersian Yellow, 
or what might be termed yellow Broom 
colvur. M. Pernet-Ducher informs me it 
is another of the Rosa pernetina hybrids, 
and it certainly is a trinmph for this most 
successful hybridi-t. To have beds of 
Roses of such a colour iis this in October 
will give a wonderful brightness to our 
autumnal dlsplays. The bloom is not too 
full, so that it opens freely in all weathers 
and the buds are prettily splashed with 
red on the outer petals. One can perceive 
its relationship to Soleil d’Or or its” 
offspring in the tiny hairy prickles on the 
flower stalk, so distinct in the Lyon 
Lose. 
The growth is good, of dwarf habit, in 
the way of Le Progrés aud being so free 
and continous in its flowering, producing 
its blooms in twos and threes, it cannot 
fail to make an effective bedder, The 
beautiful dark olive ereen foliage is 
absolutely immune from attacks of mil- 
dew— this in itself a glorious boon—and 
it also has a sweet fragmence. My only 
regret is that we cannot possess Rayon 
d’Or until the autumn of 1910, for it is 
certainly the long-desired true yellow 
bedding Rose. 
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‘“Delicata,” a New, Hardy 
Border Pink 
the of the 
endeavor of Paul Schwarze of Nozzen, 
Saxony, to produce an early white, large- 
flowered feathery pink. It is a cross be- 
tween Diamond and Rose de Mai; its. 
color and early flowering tendency is 
derived from the latter though it is an 
Delicata is outcome 
improvemen on it in color; from Dia- 
mond it has inherited its shape and habit. 
Its color is a lovely velvety light pink 
tinged with lilac, Cattleya color, a shade 
that will be found useful for many 
purposes of decoration, The flowers are 
borne singly on steams 15 to 18in. long. 
In its free blooming qualities it. 
approaches Mrs. Sinkins and Her Majes- 
ty, although it is from one to two weeks 
earlier than either of them, Under glass 
it will come into flower two weeks sooner, 
and each separate flower is then sure to 
develop, aud while the color will be some- 
what less brilliant it is none the less 
lovely. Delicata proved entirely hardy 
last Winter. Its popularity may be 
understood from the fact that the firm of 
Otto Mann of Leipzig. who obtained the 
sole rights of sale, disposed in the first year 
of about 20,000 cuttings with but little 
advertising. 
—Moeller’s Gaertner- Zeitung. 
New Pelargouiums. 
New Pelargonium Bornemann’s Beste- 
—This is a novelty originated by the 
specialist Bornemann of Blankenburg in 
the Harz, Germany, and is considered to 
be not only the best among the Pelargoni- 
ums grown by its originator, as the name 
implies, but also a noteworthy addition 
The colour 
The 
blossoms also are unusual in size, nearly 
to Peluigoniums in general, 
is an uuusually bright cinnibar red 
2 inches in diamoter, single, and almost 
circular in shape, clustered in large thick 
trusses. It is a very free bloomer. A 
cross of the well-known Reformator and 
Waberlohe, anotier colored. 
creation of Bornemann’s, it is stout and 
low in growth, and begins to branch close 
orange 
