of the summer, particularly if exposed to the mid-day rays of 
the sun. 
The only way to keep fresh plants in good health for any 
length of time is to grow them in pots, or in some place 
amongst American plants in the peat-border. If they are 
planted out the situation chosen should be where the rays of 
the sun never fall directly upon them, but where they have 
plenty of light and air, without being overhung much by 
larger plants, or exposed to the extremes of wet and dry; 
when planted out, the best precaution is to cover the surface 
with bog moss during the summer, but this should be removed 
again in the autumn. The plants must on no account be 
watered during very dry weather, as it is almost sure to 
destroy them. If kept in pots they should be placed in a 
frame with the back to the south or east, never allowing the 
sun’s rays to pass directly upon them during summer; keep- 
ing the lights on during the day, and always taking them off 
during the night. 5 
. The seeds may be sown any time from March to August 
in a close frame, but should never have any artificial heat after 
the plants are potted off. If they are weakly they should be 
kept close during winter under a bellglass, and should be 
treated like cuttings of heaths. They should be potted in 
brown peaty soil with very little sand in it. 
