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ting them into 4 and 5 inch pots, standing them in a close frame, 

 where they can be shaded for a few days, when all the light and air 

 possible should be given. By this time there will be a quantity of 

 bloom upon them. If a good rich loam is given them when potted, 

 they will start away and make fresh growths, and continue a long time 

 in bloom. 



KALMIA LATIFOLIA. 



A beautiful shrub that forces well. AYe find it very useful for cut- 

 ting from all the winter, having several lots coming in at intervals. 

 The same soil and treatment suit it as was recommended for the Rho- 

 dodendron. When spring frosts are gone, plant it out of the pots in a 

 rich soil, rather free, where, by attending to them with water when 

 required, they will make good growths with blooms for another season. 

 They should be all lifted and potted before very severe weather sets in, 

 and placed in cold frames, ready to be drafted to the forcing-pit as 

 required. A. H. 



Thoresbt. 



NOTES ON A FEW SUCCULENT PLANTS SUITABLE 

 FOR BEDDING. 



According to the author of ^Lothair,' a garden should not look like 

 mosaic work, but mosaic work should look like a garden — a proposition 

 which I leave your readers to make what they like of ; but the above 

 class of plants, it would appear, are likely to inaugurate a mosaic style 

 of bedding more perfect and complete than anything that has been 

 attempted as yet in that way. Those who saw the very effective bed of 

 succulents, planted by Messrs Veitch, at the Nottingham Show, will be 

 able to form some idea of their adaptability in this respect. It would 

 not be wise to encourage too much of this style, but, in conjunction 

 with the use of succulents and Alpine plants in a legitimate way, no 

 one can fail to appreciate their effectiveness for pattern-work in certain 

 combinations ; and for those who contemplate trying their hand with 

 them, I wish to draw attention to one or two species which another 

 summer's experience enables me to speak of more confidently. One 

 of the best and cheapest I find to be Sempervirum tectorum, the 

 common house Leek. When planted in good soil, I find it to alter 

 in character somewhat, compared to its usual appearance as seen in 

 clumps upon house-tops. The plants get large, and the leaves at the 

 points assume a deep crimson tinge, which renders it exceedingly effec- 

 tive in conjunction with Echeveria secunda glauca and suchlike kinds. 

 S. californicum is now too well and favourably known to need comment. 



