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TREATMENT 



TENDERER AND RARER KINDS OF ALPINES, 



As there are many of this lovely and interesting 

 tribe, that can never with safety be out of the pit or 

 frame during the whole season, I think it right to 

 add a remark or two regarding their culture. They 

 are such as plants of the natural order, Lycopo- 

 dinece, or club-moss tribe ; Filices, or fern tribe ; 

 Sarraceniece, of which the Sarracenia purpurea 

 forms an example, the only genus in the order; 

 Amaryllidacece, of which the genus Anomatheca is 

 one. In this last are some very showy plants. To 

 add more than these examples would be superfluous. 

 I will therefore proceed with the mode of culture I 

 have adopted, and also seen practised successfully. 



The pit for this group should be situated in the 

 neighbourhood of the hot-houses, that where hot 

 water pipes are used, a small pipe may be led 

 through from the main pipes, heating the general 

 range, and which could be regulated by valves, in 

 order to preserve a proper temperature during winter. 

 But where there is no such convenience, a furnace, 



