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root freely in a few months immediately below the surface. The opera- 

 tion of transplanting may be performed at any time between Septem- 

 ber and April, although we prefer spring, as, on the whole, the best for 

 the purpose. 



The following list embraces most, if not all, the really fine and dis- 

 tinct sorts in cultivation : — 



1st, Sorts with red or imrpU- colour ccl jioimrs. 

 Australia. Tetralix rubra. 



Ciliaris. Vagaus carnea. 



Cinerea atropurpurea. I 1. rubra, 



ri coccinea. Vulgaris alpoxtii. 



II rosea. n aurea (golden- 



Herbacea. ! leaved). 



II carnea. ; n coccinea. 



Mediterranea. n decumbens. 



II Hiberniea. n duruosa. 



II rubra. n flora plena. 



Mackiana. m pumila. 



Scoparia. rr rigida. 



II nana. : m pigmsea. 



2^, Sorts with iuhite or light-coloured Jloivers. 

 Cinerea alba. I Vagans alba nana. 



!Mediterranea alba. Vulgaris alba. 



Tetralix alba. n Hammondii. 



Vagans alba, | ^ ,, Searieii. 



MENZIESIA (dABCECIA). 



Resembling their near allies, the Heaths, in their pretty bell-shaped 

 flowers, neat foliage, and dwarf graceful habits of growth, all the 

 species and varieties of this charming genus of tiny evergreen shrubs 

 form appropriate companions, and are usually associated with them in 

 mixed borders, and used largely as edgings to flower-beds, or as front- 

 row plants to clumps of the taller-growing peat or soil plants. 



They are all profuse bloomers, and are in perfection in April and 

 May. In common with the Heaths, they prefer a peaty soil, or fibry 

 loam rich in vegetable matter, and should be treated in a similar man- 

 ner ; indeed, few plants are managed more easily, or are less fastidious 

 in their requirements ; and they are so thoroughly hardy, that they 

 are never affected by the most severe frosts. All the species are na- 

 tives of North America, although Cserulea and Polifolia are found 

 wild in some districts in Ireland and Scotland : — 



Among the few sorts in cultivation, the following may be noted as 

 the best, and none of them should be omitted in making even a small 

 selection : — 



Cperulea. I Polifolia alba. I Polifolia striata. 



Polifolia. I II atropurpurea. | Globularis. 



EHODORA. 

 This genus, of which Canadensis is the only known species, is found 

 abundantly in a wild state over a large portion of Canada and the 



