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. 



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 bell glass, and should be 

 treated like cuttings of heaths. They should be potted in 

 brown peaty soil with very little sand in it. 



