178 On the Cultivation of Epigaa repens. 



fibres were alive, being prevented, the plant, of course, dies at once; 

 and a common observer, pulling it up, would suppose the disease 

 had just commenced, when in fact it had terminated. 



Since adopting the mode of watering as recommended above, I do 

 not recollect losing a single plant. I wish particularly to be understood, 

 that at every shifting or repotting of the plants, I use a quantity of 

 broken pots for drainage, increasing this quantity with the size of 

 the pots, from one to three inches. If you would allow me to sug- 

 gest to you to copy from that excellent work, Robert Sweet's Hot- 

 house and Green-house Manual, his concluding paragraph on the 

 cultivation of the genus Amaryllis, on draining pots, 1 think it would 

 be of great benefit to many of your readers, particularly those who 

 are fond of growing plants in rooms; I am convinced, with him, that 

 there are more plants killed or badly grown, by this simple process 

 not being properly attended to, than from any other cause. 



The seed of the Schizanthus pinnatus may be sown at any season 

 of the year; it will flower in about four months, from the seed, 

 equally well in winter as in the summer. To cultivate it out of doors, 

 the seed should be sown about this time in a gentle heat, the ])lants 

 potted once to give them strength, and the first or second week in 

 June, turned into the flower borders in a well sheltered situation ; 

 but from the delicate habit of the plant, it being very easily broken 

 by wind or heavy rains, I am doubtful if it will ever be grown in such 

 perfection out of doors, as in the green-house, or a good airy room. 

 The sportive character of this plant adds very much to its beauty. 

 We have flowered about forty plants this winter, scarcely two of 

 which were alike in the color of their flowers, and many of them 

 very distinct, as much so, as many florist's flowers. 



Yours, David Haggerston. 



Waterioivn, April, 1835. 



Art. VIII. On the Culture of " Epigcca rcpcns." By R. 



Having lately met with some fine plants of " Epigtea rcfens" 

 growing in an unusual situation, viz. on a moist, rocky, hill-side, 

 among moss, I was led to think that this beautiful vernal plant might 

 be successfully cultivated on rock-works, by imitating the same situa- 

 tion. Completely imbedded in the long, velvety carpet of " Poly- 

 irichum commune,^' (Hair moss,) they formed a pleasing contrast 

 with it, by their delicate white flowers. 



The excellence of moss, in preserving many plants in perfect 

 health, which are otherwise impatient of cultivation, is well known, 

 and I see no reason why this desirable plant, could not become an 



