ON THE CULTURE OF THE HEARTSEASE. 



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deep in the ground : if the plants are too long to admit of this, place 

 them aslant, so that the roots may he at the required depth. 



If the bed be much exposed to the north or north-east, I would 

 advise that a moderate-sized garden-pot be turned over each plant 

 during severe weather, frequently uncovering them during the day. 

 I have found this plan of essential service, especially when the cold 

 easterly winds prevail in the early part of the spring, or during the 

 heavy rains which frequently fall towards the end of February. The 

 pots should never be removed, after a frosty night, while the sun 

 shines. Many thousands of valuable heartsease, which stood un- 

 injured through the winter, were lost in March last, in consequence 

 of the frosty nights being succeeded by hot sunny days. If the 

 plants had been shaded from the sun, they would have been saved. 



Cuttings of choice kinds may yet be taken, and planted an inch 

 and a half apart, in pots or boxes filled with equal parts of light 

 garden mould and sharp sand, and placed in a cold frame; the 

 plants will be ready for succession-beds in the spring. 



The following list contains fifty of the best varieties in culti- 



vation : — 



1. Amadis. 



2. Bathonia. 



3. Britannia (Thompson). 



4. Blandina (ditto). 



5. Beauty (Brown). 



6. Beauty of Hitchin. 



7. Curion. 



8. Coronation (Lovegrove). 



9. Coronation (Thompson). 



10. Conqueror (ditto). 



11. Conductor (ditto). 



12. Cream (ditto). 



13. Captain Cook. 



14. Camella. 



15. Diadem (Thompson). 



16. Doctor Johnson. 



17. Diogenes. 



18. Dowager Queen (Holmes). 



19. Eclipse (Thompson). 



20. Earl of Clarendon. 



21. Elvira. 



22. Giant's Bride (Mellon). 

 •J3. Grand Duke (Thompson). 



24. Hampden (Cook). 



25. Julius (Brown). 



26. Jewess (Lidguard). 



27. Jehu (Thompson). 



28. Joan of Arc (Cook). 



29. Lady Fuller. 



30. Lictor. 



31. Launcelot (Stubbs). 



32. Lady Sarah Ingestre (ditto). 



33. Lutea Sulphurea (ditto). 



34. Lalla Rookh (Karl). 



35. Medora (ditto). 



36. Model of Perfection. 



37. Miss Gray (Cook). 



38. Miss Staiuforth. 



39. Marchioness of Lothian (Stubbs). 



40. Olympia. 



41. Perfection (Bennett). 



42. Robin Adair. 



43. Reliance Superb. 



44. Rival Duke (Lake). 



45. Rosa (Cook). 



46. Rival Vellow (Stubbs). 



47. St. Paul's (Cook). 



48. Triumph (ditto). 



49. Vivid (Thompson).. 



50. Yellow Defiance (Sharp • 



