ON CAPE HEATHS. 83 



may possibly be amusing to some of your readers. From having 

 tried various modes of treatment, I find that which is most con- 

 ducive to the health of the plants is to keep them during the 

 whole year in cold frames or cold pits, the frames plunged up to 

 the brim, and the bottom on which the sand is placed being tho- 

 roughly dry ; the lights in summer should be kept off during dull 

 and cloudy weather, both night and day ; but during clear sun- 

 shine, the plants should only be uncovered from four in the after- 

 noon till nine the next morning; taking care that always in the 

 middle of the day, to have the sashes on, and to give plenty of 

 air. When winter approaches, the sashes must be drawn off, in 

 mild dry weather daily, and covered with mats or some other co- 

 vering during frosty nights, and in very severe weather. When 

 there is no sunshine, they will also require to be kept on, and som e 

 dry litter or other loose material to be put around the frame. The 

 advantages derived from plunging them in the sand are, that the 

 frost never reaches any farther down than the surface of the 

 soil, and that the plants will require little or no water from No- 

 vember till the middle of February, and that even during sum- 

 mer, they will not want water near so often as if they had stood 

 upon the stage in the greenhouse, or out of doors along with the 

 greenhouse plants. I have found from various experiments that 

 in a great measure the want of success in growing heaths, for the 

 most part arises from insufficient circulation of air, or from not 

 keeping the soil in the pots in a medium state of moisture ; the 

 roots being apt to perish if kept for a short time too moist ; and 

 if allowed to get dry, the young fibrous roots will share the same 

 fate, more particularly if the pots are exposed to the rays of the 



sun. 



Clericus. 



ARTICLE V. 

 ON THE CULTURE OK THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 1NDICUM. 



BY MR. FREESTONB, WATL1NGTON HALL, DOWNHAM. 



If you think the following remarks on the cultivation of the Chry- 

 santhemum worthy of a place in your Floricultural Cabinet, they 

 are at your service. In the middle of April take the best rooted 

 suckers that can be obtained, and plant them two feet apart in a 



