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some importance. From the same collection were also cut flowers of Buddlea 

 Lintlleyana, one of the first things Mr. Fortune met with in the Island of 

 Chusan, and which was thus proved to be a really handsome object. It has, 

 however, hitherto hardly realised the expectations formed of it, which may be 

 partly owing to two circumstances ; it has been treated much too kindly — too 

 much heat and rich soil causing it to grow over luxuriantly, and consequently to 

 produce few flowers. It has been found that the plant requires age to flower 

 well, and with these two requisites, age and rather poor soil, we imagine it will 

 prove itself to be (as it has certainly done in the Society's garden) one of the 

 very best autumn flowering shrubs we possess ; for its large racemes of deep 

 lilac flowers are very handsome, and, produced in sufficient abundance, produce a 

 magnificent display. Along with it were blooms of Mr. Fortune's Anemone 

 japonica, from the open border, to which the plant promises to become a very 

 important addition, for at this season, when our autumn flowers begin to disap- 

 pear, this is just coming into beauty. Blooms of Torenia concolor (another of 

 Mr. Fortune's plants) were also exhibited, whose lovely blue colour renders the 

 plant a very charming object. Being a native of marshes, it will, however, pro- 

 bably not succeed well in a dry situation. 



On Haudy Heaths. — Observing that a correspondent requests a list of those 

 kinds of Heaths that will flourish in the open air in this country, and being an 

 equal admirer of that very interesting and beautiful genus of plants, I forward 

 you the list of those I cultivate, most of which I have grown for several yens. 

 The only mode of treatment I find they require is, to give a sandy peat and 

 loamy soil, well broken, and to plant them in some place where they may be 

 protected from strong winds, some of the kin>ls being very brittle. I am not 

 aware where the whole of the kinds may be procured, but if not to be found in 

 any single nursery, a nurseryman will generally apply to others to furnish him 

 with what he is deficient in. I have procured mine by noticing the sorts grown 

 in the gardens and nurseries which I occasionally visit, and ordering them at 

 the time ; and I always, when the season was suitable, had them taken up in 

 my presence, by which I secured the sorts correctly. I have planted my stock, 

 amounting to upwards of 500 plants, upon a sloping bank, and in one general 

 mass, and it has a very pretty appearance at all seasons, but particularly so 

 when in blossom. Some of the plants form bushes a yard in diameter. I am 

 very desirous to see this pretty tribe of plants more generally cultivated, par- 

 ticularly in masses. I am sure it will give the greatest satisfaction to those 

 who adopt it, 



HARDY HEATHS. 



Erica arborea 



australis 



stylosa 



superba 



ciliaris 

 cinerea 



pvaecox 



alba 



atrosanguinea 



carnca 



monstrosa 



rubra 



mediterranea 



minima 



multiflora 



vamulosa 



stricta 



tetralix 



Erica tetralix alba 



carnea 



umbellata 

 vagans 



alba 



pallida 



tenella 



viridipurpurea 

 vulgaris (calluna) 



alba 



aurea 



coccinea 



decumbens 



flore pleno 



spicata 



spuria 



■ tomentosa 



variegata 



Cl.ElilCUS. 



