Society. But the safest way to treat the species is to plant 

 them in light loamy soil, in a border within a glazed pit, 

 which is just heated enough to keep out frost in winter. 

 Here they will grow with great vigour, throwing up strong 

 suckers in all directions, and flowering beautifully : their 

 leaves will not, on the one hand, be parched by the dry- 

 ing cold winds of April, nor, on the other, scorched by 

 the sun at Midsummer. Thus protected, they will perform 

 all their natural functions as if in their native soil ; and an 

 abundance of food will be sent downwards into the roots, 

 which will thus be prepared, upon the return of the growing 

 season, to send up new shoots with the greatest vigour. 



J. L. 



