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In wet weather the Hghts should be kept over the plants, but they 

 must either be propped up by pots at the corners, or tilted by placing a 

 block or pot under one edge. Heaths will take a great deal of water 

 if properly treated ; for instance, if a plant is allowed to get quite dry 

 and is then well watered, the pot being filled up two or three times, it will 

 absorb more moisture than that one that is watered a little every day, and 

 the soil will keep sweeter ; care must, however, be taken not to let them 

 get so dry as to make their very delicate roots shrivel. 



Erica Cavexdishi. 



As the winter draws on, if there is no proper house for them, with a 

 little care they will winter very well in pits ; if by chance they should 

 get frozen hard, if they are allowed to stand in the dark, they will take 

 no harm ; and if the weather should be damp and close, a few lumps of 

 lime placed here and there between them will tend to keep them free 

 from mildew, which, however, should be carefully watched for at all 

 seasons, and as soon as it is perceived the parts must be dusted with 

 black sulphur. By following the same course of treatment the next year 

 some very nice specimen plants may be growTi, and by persevering 

 with them they will become noble plants, like the fine specimen repre- 

 sented by the accompanying woodcut. J. B. 



