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moistened, while the ball remains imperviously dry. The following is a list of 

 the best kinds to select for spring, summer, and autumnal flowering : — 



Sprvig-Jlou'cring Heaths. 



Aristata, or Horned, — flowering from 

 March to August ; dark-purple 

 and white ; 18 inches high. 

 ,, major. 

 Andromedffiflora, — flowering from March 



to August; rose-colour ; 2 feet high. 

 Arbuscula,— a small heath of Sicily, bear- 

 ing a red flower from February to 



August; 12 inches high. 

 Colorans,— whitish red ; flowers in May ; 

 a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 ,, superba. 

 ,, blanda. 

 Denticulata,— purple ; flowers in April ; a 



greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Exsurgens, — dark orange ; flowers in May ; 

 ditto. 

 ,, coccinea. 

 Ferruginea, — red ; flowers in May ; a 



greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Floribunda, — pale pink ; flowers in May ; 



ditto. 

 Florida eampanulata, — red ; flowers in 



May; ditto. 

 Cracilis, — purplish red ; flowers in March ; 



ditto. 

 Grandinosa, or Hailstone, — a pretty heath, 



with white flower ; in March and April ; 



6 inches high. 

 HiemaUs. 

 Humeana, — pink ; flowers in March ; a 



greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Inoarnata, — pale red; flowers in March; 



ditto. 

 Lambertiana, — a delicate heath; flower 



rose and wliite ; from May to August ; 13 



inches high. 

 Xinnoeana, — ornamental greenhouse shrub, 



of delicate habit, IS inches high; purple 



and white ; January to May. 

 Linnaeoides, — linnseana-like heath; Feb. to 



May ; 18 inches high, and purple and red. 

 MetuiajQora, — orange; flowers in April; 



a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Mirabilis, — purple ; flowers in May; ditto. 

 Mutabilis, — ^ crimson ; flowers in May ; 



ditto. 

 NeiUii. 

 Persoluta rubra,^red ; flowers in March ; 



a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Pyramidalis, — pink ; flowers in March ; 



ditto. 

 Eubra-calyx. 

 Sanguinolenta, — a pretty heath, flowering 



May to July ; flower crimson and red ; 



height 9 inches. 

 8ebana lutea, — yellow ; flowers in May ; 



a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Sindryana. 

 Smithiana (Smith's heath), — flowering in 



April and May; bears a purple flower; 



height 2 feet. 



Sparsa (scattered), — flowering in April; 



flower purple; 18 inches high. 

 Tenella, — a deUcate heath ; flower purple ; 



May to August ; 2 inches high. 

 Transparens, — white; flowers in May; a 



greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Vernix. 



,, coccinea. 

 Westcottii. 



Summer-flowering Seaths {Jiine to 

 August) , 



Aitoniana, — whitish purple ; flowers in 

 August ; a greenhouse ever- 

 green shrub. 

 ,, turgida. 

 Ampullacea major, — whitish red ; flowers 

 in June ; a greenhouse ever- 

 green shrub. 

 „ rubra. 

 ,, elegans. 

 Bandoniana, — purple ; flowers in July ; 



a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Banksiana purpurea, — purple ; flowers in 



June; ditto. 

 Beaumontiana, — purple; flowers in June ; 



ditto. 

 Bergiana, — purple; flowers in June ; ditto. 

 Carniula, — purple j flowers in August ; 



ditto. 

 Cavendishina. 

 Clowesiana. 



Depressa, — yellow ; flowers in July ; a 

 greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 ,, floribunda. 

 Elegans, — green ; flowers in August ; a 



greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Eassoniana. 



Eximia, — scarlet ; flowers in June ; ditto. 

 Fastigiata, — white; flowers in July; ditto. 

 Favoides elegans. 



Florida, — red ; flowers in July ; a green- 

 house evergreen shrub. 

 Hartnelli, — purple ; flowers in July ; ditto. 



,, nana. 

 Inflata, — whitish red ; flowers in July ; 

 a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 ,, rubra. 

 Irbyana, — whitish green; flowers in Au- 

 gust; a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Jasminiflora alba, — white; ditto; ditto. 

 Jasminoides. 

 Jacksonii. 

 Laurencenana. 

 Longipedunculata, — pink; flowers in July; 



a greenhouse evergreen shrub. 

 Mammosa, — purple; flowers in August; 

 ditto. 

 ,, major. 

 M'Nabiana. 

 Massoni, — red-green; flowers in August; 



a greenhouse evergreen shrub, 

 Metulaeflora bicolor. 



