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eneorum—crimson; 1s. 6d. Helianthemums, of all colours—pink, 
red, yellow, buff, puce; at about 1s. each. These plants are all handsome 
and hardy; and may be procured from any respectable nursery man. 
Treatment or AMARYLLISES.—My twenty years’ practice as 
an amateur grower of Amaryllises instruct me that most of them 
make root at the end of summer, and it is in the fibres then made 
that the deposit of sap takes place to supply the future flowers. I 
therefore shift my plants entire into fresh pots when they appear to be 
in full vigour, or still growing, say in June or July, or earlier if re- 
quired ; by this treatment I never fail to flower my bulbs vigorously. 
I then take off any offsets, which can be readily done. I plant them 
in strong loamy soil, not sifted, and have a free drainage. When the 
tips of the foliage turn brown, I withhold water and gradually dry 
them, keeping them so till the flower stems appear, when water is 
given, and re-pot as above stated. If the above method be pursued, 
the result will be invariable satisfaction, and the flowers will be far more 
vigorous than are usually to be seen.— W. H. 
FLowerinG or THE RHopopENDRON.—I have long proved that in 
all sheltered situations, where a moderate degree of shade is afforded, 
and where the soil is of a light sandy nature, the Rhododendron will 
grow and flower well, without any peat earth whatever; provided the 
ground is properly prepared, by trenching and breaking the surface, so 
that all the grass and vegetable matter be properly mixed. I de- 
precate the too general practice of pitting and planting without the 
ground being previously well trenched. It may be proper to state, 
that the Rhododendron is to be seen growing here very luxuriantly, in 
banks of very strong clay; in this case, after the ground had been well 
trenched and broken, I had pits made according to the size of the 
plants, and a portion of peat earth placed under and around each plant 
(say one or two barrowfuls, according to the size of the plants.) Not- 
withstanding my having filled the pits with peat earth, I am satisfied 
that Rhododendrons, and other American plants of the same tribe, 
usually grown in peat, will grow and thrive even in clay, and perfectly 
well in loam, if it be trenched, and a portion of leaf-mould and of the 
scrapings of roads be mixed with it; the plants being planted in the 
neighbourhood of large trees, so as to be benefited by their shade. I 
have planted American shrubs with success at all seasons, but prefer 
from the second week in August to the end of December; always 
taking advantage of a mild day, and always giving, after the planting, 
a good supply of water. I would add, that the same treatment that I 
have recommended for Rhododendrons is here applied to Kalmias, 
Azaleas, Andromedas, Vacciniums, and Cistuses—and to all with an 
equally satisfactory result. 
I would recommend all who may wish to cultivate the Rhododendron 
ponticum extensively, to provide their stock of plants by raising them 
from seeds. The mode is a cheap one: and, besides the number of the 
plants which may be obtained by it, a considerable variety of kinds is 
acquired. In those which I have reared, the variety is almost endless, 
as to the shape, size, and colour. The seeds should be sown in Feb- 
Tuary, upon a gentle hot-bed.— An Admirer. 
