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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 375 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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garden See also:plants of this name have originated from a See also:species of Senecio, S. cruentus (nat. ord. See also:Compositae), a native of the See also:Canary Isles, introduced to the royal gardens at See also:Kew in 1777. It was known originally as Cineraria cruenta, but the genus Cineraria is now restricted to a See also:group of See also:South See also:African species, and the Canary See also:Island species has been transferred to the large and widespread genus Senecio. Cirerarias can be raised freely from seeds. For See also:spring flowering in See also:England the seeds are sown in See also:April or May in well-drained pots or pans, in soi) of three parts See also:loam to two parts See also:leaf-See also:mould, with one-See also:sixth See also:sand; See also:cover the See also:seed thinly with See also:fine See also:soil, and See also:press the See also:surface See also:firm. When the seedlings are large enough to handle, prick them out in pans or pots of similar soil, and when more advanced pot them singly in 4-in. pots, using soil a trifle less sandy. They should be grown in shallow frames facing the See also:north, and, if so situated that the See also:sun shines upon the plants in the See also:middle of the See also:day, they must be slightly shaded; give plenty of See also:air, and never allow them to get dry. When well established with roots, shift them into 6-in. pots, which should be liberally supplied with manure See also:water as they get filled with roots. In See also:winter remove to a See also:pit or See also:house, where a little See also:heat can be supplied whenever there is a See also:risk of their getting frozen. They should stand on a moist bottom, but must not be subjected to See also:cold See also:draughts. When the flowering sterns appear, give manure water at every alternate watering.

Seeds sown in See also:

March, and grown on in this way, will be in See also:bloom by See also:Christmas if kept in a temperature of from 40° to 450 at See also:night, with a little more warmth in the day; and those sown in April and May will succeed them during the See also:early spring months, the latter set of plants being subjected to a temperature of 38° or 40° during the night. If grown much warmer than this, the Cineraria maggot will make its See also:appearance in the leaves, tunnelling its way between the upper and See also:lower surfaces and making whitish irregular markings all over. Such affected leaves must be picked off and burned. See also:Green See also:fly is aconspiring against him.

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