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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
April  19,  1900 
Cmerarias  at  Impney. 
I  ENCLOSE  a  photograph  of  Cinerarias  in  flower  at  Impney,  the 
residence  of  John  Corbett,  Esq.,  near  Droitwich.  The  plants  have 
been  grown  from  seeds  supplied  by  Messrs.  Sutton  &  Sons,  and  the 
photograph  shows  that  the  “  strain  ”  is  equal  to  the  cultivation. 
The  plants  (fig.  91)  are  dwarf  and  robust,  the  latter  quality  only  being 
present  in  Cinerarias  when  they  have  been  well  nourished  and  kept 
free  from  aphis.  The  heads  of  flowers  range  from  18  inches  to 
30  inches  across,  and  most  of  the  individual  blooms  are  3  inches  in 
diameter.  The  colours  vary  from  white  to  deep  purple,  with  inter* 
mediate  shades  of  mauve,  pink,  deep  crimson,  and  blue. 
too  stiff  and  formal  in  habit  to  be  considered  truly  artistic,  yet  its 
masses  of  colour  cannot  be  well  replaced  at  the  same  cost  of  labour  and 
money. 
'  Cinerarias,  as  their  leaves  suggest,  delight  in  light  and  rich  soil, 
'  abundance  of  water  without  stagnation,  and  a  position  where  they  can 
^  obtain  plenty  of  light  and  fresh  air,  and  a  temperature  between 
I  40°  and  50°  in  winter,  and  50°  to  60°  in  summer.  They  are  usually 
I  mined  in  their  youth  through  an  insufficiency  of  food  and  water,  which 
causes  a  premature  formation  of  flowers,  then  good-bye  to  hope  of  fine 
plants.  Young  plants  should  be  placed  in  larger  pots  before  they 
become  in  the  smallest  degree  root-bound,  and  this  ought  to  be  done 
from  time  to  time  until  the  plants  are  in  the  pots  in  which  they  are 
intended  to  flower.  The  same  remarks  are  equally  appropriate  to  most 
I  flowering  plants  under  pot  culture. — J.  Udale. 
Fig.  91.~CINERAEIAS  AT  IMPNEY. 
The  photograph  shows  the  Cinerarias  growing  in  two  divisions  of 
the  plant  houses.  The  range  is  span-roofed,  100  feet  long  by  12  feet 
wide,  and  is  in  three  divisions,  the  third  being  occupied  chiefly 
by  Orchids,  a  class  of  plants  to  which  Mr.  Corbett  has  recently 
become  prrtial,  and  is  represented  at  Impney  at  present  by  healthy 
examples  of  Dendrobinms,  Cattleyas,  Lielias,  Cypripediums,  and 
Odontoglossums. 
Cinerarias  are  very  easily  grown,  given  food,  water,  light,  cleanli¬ 
ness,  and  coolness  ;  but  if  one  of  those  factors  be  absent  the  presence  of 
the  remaining  four  will  not  insure  success.  Mr.  Jordan  and  his  clever 
and  painstaking  foreman,  Mr.  G.  Giles,  have  provided  the  five  essential 
conditions,  and  have  achieved  a  well-deserved  triumph.  The  notes  and 
articles  which  have  recently  appeared  in  the  Journal  of  BoHi culture 
prove  that  there  is  a  re-awakening  in  regard  to  the  value  of  the 
Cineraria  as  a  decorative  flowering  plant ;  and  although  I  think  it  is 
AntliuriDiiis. 
The  spathes  of  Anthuriums  varying  in  colrnr  from  pure  white  to 
deep  crimson  make  them  remarkably  showy  and  worthy  of  attention 
from  all  lovers  of  plants.  When  a  collection  is  grown  the  plants  produce 
when  carrying  their  spathes  an  appearance  at  oi  ce  novel  and  attractive, 
and  they  serve  the  gardener  many  a  good  turn  for  various  decorative 
purposes.  Of  course  it  is  not  given  to  every  gardener  to  have  a  stock 
such  as  that  so  admirably  grown  by  Mr.  W.  Bain  for  Sir  Trevor 
Lawrence,  Bart.,  V.M.H  ,  Buiford  Lodge,  Dorking,  but  they  are  always 
valuable.  At  Burford  one  may  find  practically  all  the  finest  Anthuriums 
in  cultivation,  and  their  beauty  has  been  demonstrated  over  and  over 
again  when  the  plants  have  been  exhibited  at  the  Drill  Hall.  Some 
produce  immense  spathes  of  self  colours,  and  others  are  most  chastely 
