peculiar to some parts of America. One great obj ect 

 is to imitate the American peat. This is a compo- 

 sition of the branches, twigs, leaves, and the roots 

 of trees; with small plants, grass, and weeds; by 

 having lain immemorially in water, the whole is 

 formed into a soft mass ; and when the materials are 

 completely decayed and blended so as to be homo- 

 geneous in appearance, the compound is the finest 

 vegetable mould: where this description of peat 

 cannot be obtained, recourse must be had to the best 

 that can be procured from marshes, bogs, or heathy 

 commons, which must be well turned and sweetened, 

 and mixed with sand and rotten leaves.' 



Of this soil distinct beds should be formed, about 

 three feet deep, for this class of American plants, 

 with a shade of shrubby or lofty trees on the south 

 side ; and if the beds could be so placed as to admit 

 an occasional flow of water being turned through 

 a stratum of pebbles, laid three or four feet beneath 

 the surface, little doubt would exist of success. 



It is preferable to transplant in spring or autumn, 

 but it may be effected at almost any period, if the 

 earth be not too much disturbed from the fibrous 

 roots, which are so small and numerous as to retain 

 the soil in one compact mass. But little difficulty 

 would exist in the cultivation of the Kalmia, Rho- 

 dodendron, and other similar plants, if a sufficiency 

 of moisture could be conveniently afforded them du- 

 ring our summer months. In most situations they 

 require copious waterings in very warm weather. 



Our drawing is from the pale-flowered Kalrnia 

 latifolia, and we intend resuming the subject, with 

 further directions, under another variety of it. 

 Hort. Kew. 2, v. 3, 47. 



