The Garden Under Glass

68 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS for them to damp off when in the small pots. The chief causes of this are that a sweet soil has not been used, that over-watering has been done or that the atmosphere has been overcharged with moisture by failure to admit pien ty of air. Not much water is needed in the young stage, it being less productive of evil to allow the plants to wilt than to become too wet. Arich soil is not needed. Loam, leaf-soil, mushroom manure, sand and Clay’s will grow good cinerarias if they are sufficiently fed in the later stages of growth. The prominent needs of the cineraria are cool treatment, partial shade, frequent syringing, occasional fumigation, abundant ventilation, great care in watering, a mild stimulant by way of liquid manure and sometimes a stake to stiffen the stems of the stellata type. As autumn ad-vances the plants willneed to be brought to the greenhouse, where shading should only be given when a spell of bright sunshine causes the leaves to droop. This they will likely do also in the spring. Instead of putting on a heavy shading it will sometimes bring the leaves erect if they are lightly sprayed over with clear water. No greenhouse can afford to be without the cineraria. Cytisus and Coronilla Being so closely allied and having so much in common from a cultural standpoint, these tMO plants may well be treated together. Both are highly ornamental, but populär opinion favours the cytisus, and with this public expression of good taste I am in entire accorcl. Nicely grown plants can very easily be bought from the London shops. For the refinement of its foliage, the profusion of its flowers, and, above all, for the deliciousness of its fragrance, the cytisus deserves extended culture. This