THE BLUE MARGUERITE
Agatha coelestia, popularly known as the blue marguerite, is one of these useful subjects for the cool greenhouse which, with simple treatment, may be had in flower practicaliy throughout the year. The plant is aliied to the cineraria, and succeeds with similar care, although jt is even of more easy culture. A compost of loam, leaf-mculd and sand should be einployed, and it is rather an advantage to let the plants be somewhat potbound, for in this state they are mueli more likely to continue in bloom. Propagation is carried out by nieans of cuttings, which may be rooted in the" spring or autumn in ligbt soil. Those struck at. the present time may be brought into flower in tli6 early months of the year. The blue marguerite is of neat habit and forms compact little bushes thickly strewn with the Sky blue daisy-like blossoms. After a specimen has been in a flower for some months it may be cut back rather severely, when it will shoot again with vigour. The plant is a perennial, although it is a good plan to raise a few new specimens from cuttings each year.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 165, 30 July 1937, Page 14
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194THE BLUE MARGUERITE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 165, 30 July 1937, Page 14
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