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to a liberal shift ; and, to avoid anything that may appear 

 indefinite, I would instance what I mean by a liberal shift. 

 I would say, that a young plant in a 60-sized or four-inch 

 pot may prudently be shifted into a 24 or nine-inch pot, 

 taking care that plenty of potsherds are used for drainage ; 

 ajid in the case of larger-sized plants, pieces of sandstone and 

 pebbles may be used. Care should be taken that the soil is 

 well fixed by pressing with the fingers, in the fresh pot, all 



round the ball of the plant, so as to make it quite firm and 

 close. After being set away in a cool frame or pit, let them 

 be well watered ; all this is much facilitated by placing a 

 convex potsherd over it, and watering with a spout, leaving 

 the water to diffuse itself equally over the whole soil, which 

 is a means of avoiding what frequently occurs from watering 

 with a rose — namely, the surface only becoming moistened, 

 while the ball remains imperviously di^y. 





specimen Erica vasceflora. 



Specimen Erica eleganc. 



I will proceed now to give a list of the best kinds to select 

 for eprino^, summer, and autumnal flowering : — 



SPBING-FLOWEEING HEATHS. 



Aristata. 



major. 

 Andromedaeflora. 

 ArbuBcula. 

 Floribnnda. 

 Grandinoea. 

 Hiemalis. 



Lambertiana rosea. 

 Linnceana. 



LinnEeoides. 



Neiliii. 



Sindryana. 



Ku bra-calyx. 



San guinea. 



Sparsa. 



Templese. 



Tenella. 



Transparens nova. 



Vernix. 



coccinea, 

 ■Westcotiii. 

 Willmoreana. 

 Smithiana. 

 Ovaia. 



Persoluta rubra. 

 Kegerminans. 



BUMMER-FLOWEBING (jTJNE TO ATJGUBT) HEATHS 



Aitoniana. 



turgida. 

 AmpuUaceu major. 



rubra, 



elegane. 

 Bandoneana. 

 BeaumontisB. 



Bergiuna. 



CiTendisbiana. 



Cerintboidcs. 



stricta. 

 ClowesianH. 

 Denticulata moschata. 

 Depressa. 



floribnnda. 

 Elegans. 

 EasBoniana. 

 Eximia. 



Pastigiata lute.'^ccns. 

 Ferniginea. 

 Favoides elegans. 

 Horida. 



cam pan u lata. 

 Hartnclhi. 



Dana. 



Hunieana. 

 Inflata. 



rubra. 

 Infundibuliformis. 

 Irbyana. 



JaBuiiiii^ora alba. 

 Jdsmmoidee. 

 Jiicb8onii. 

 Lawrenceana. 

 M'Nabiitna. 

 Mussoni. 

 Meinlajflora. 



bicolor. 

 Mirabilis. 

 Mundula. 

 Mutabiiis. 

 Marrayana, 

 Obbata, 



Parmt-ntieri ru8?a. 

 Per^^picua nana. 

 Propendens. 

 Retorta. 



ro jor. 

 SbannoDtana. 

 Splendene. 



Pprengelii. 

 Torliliflora. 

 Tricolor. 



Dunbariana. 



elefi^ans. 



Wilsoni. 



Wilboni puperba. 



■\Vilsoni coronata. 

 VaPffiHora. 

 Yenlricosa. 



coccinea. 

 minor. 



Bothwelliann. 



grandittora. 



splendens. 



hirsuta rosea. 



alba tincta. 

 Vemoni superba. 

 Yestita alba. 



alba grandiflora. 



coccinea. 



rosea. 

 "Webbiuna. 

 Westphalingia. 



AUTUMN AND WINTER-FLOWEBINO HEATHS. 



Archeriana. 

 Bankxiana purpurea. 

 Colorane. 



euperba. 



blanda. 

 £x&urg(;n9. 



coccinea. 

 IncarnaTa. 

 Bowieana. 

 LongipedUDCulata. 



From the foregoing sections, whether for exhibition or for 

 general culture, varieties may be selected, that will famish 

 flowering plants for the whole year. -i 



Heaths like plenty of air ; it must be given fi-eely. but 

 carefully ; as, from exposure to the dry, arid, cutting winds, 

 plants that are growing freely are apt to get a rustiness 

 that will so disfigure them, that months will elapse before 

 they are free from it. If the plants are in pits or frames, 

 it is well to open the lights on the contrary side to the wind, 

 which win effectually prevent the rush of cutting wind, and 

 thus shelter the plants ; at the same time that it is quite 

 efficient for the pm^poses of ventilation. With respect tO' 

 the plants grown in the heathery or other houses, it wiU be 

 well, during the continuance of cold winds, to close the- 

 doors to the eastward, and admit air but sparingly from the 

 ft-ont sashes, taking care to let down the top lights so as to- 

 insure a free circulation of air. When the plants are in full 

 growth, and the weather is of a parching character, it will 

 be necessary to look them over every day, and water freely, 

 taking care that none may be allowed to suffer for want of 

 it, which, at this stage, would prove destructive of the 

 flowering of the plant, if not of its MSe.— {Gardeners' May. 

 of Botany.) 



