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ing off. If the seeds are sown in January, or Febru- 

 ary, the young plants will require to be transplanted 

 several times during the first summer. This tends 

 to make them vigorous for the future; and during 

 the first winter it will be well to keep them in a cold 

 frame. The following spring the plants may be set 

 out in their permanent positions. 



The Calluna is easily propagated by cuttings, un- 

 der glass, during winter and spring, and by hillock lay- 

 ering ; that is, sifting in sandy loam among the branches 

 and keeping same moist for two or three months, 

 when the plants so treated can be taken up and 

 divided. 



Make the cuttings, under glass, during the latter 

 half of September, earlier further north, of from two 

 to three inches in length, putting them in a mixture 

 of sandy peat in a close, cool frame, facing north. When 

 rooted they can be placed close around the edge of 

 a six-inch pot, using moss, peat and loam, mixed. A 

 temperature of 40 to 45 degrees is suitable in which 

 to grow them, and great care should be exercised as 

 to watering, so as to avoid too much moisture at the 

 roots. 



There is a growing affection for the plant as a 

 garden subject in America ; not long ago a landed 

 proprietor in Massachusetts expressed the desire to 

 cover a hillside on his estate with the Heather. 



On a recent visit this year to Biltmore, N. C, the 

 author observed numerous plants of Heather, purple 

 and white varieties, interspersed among the vegetation 

 bordering the driveways leading to Biltmore House, 



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