246 A Catalogue of Ericas in the collection of Mr. Towne. 



with flowers of every shape and hue, we know not what other 

 can afford the same attraction, at all and every season of the year. 

 There is a delicacy in the blossoms of some of the species, to 

 be found in but lew plants; in others, the cameUia itself will 

 scarcely vie with the brilliancy of its tinls. Every species is 

 interesting, even the old mediterranea, one of the most common 

 of all. 



We have already given Mr. Russell's first paper on the cultiva- 

 tion of the £riceag, and the others will soon follow. Mr. Towne's 

 treatment corresponds very nearly to Mr. Russell's mode. His 

 house is light and airy, being a span roof, and well adapted to 

 their good preservation during the winter season. Indeed this is 

 one important thing in the growth of heaths; the plants should 

 stand near the glass, and the house should be so constructed as 

 to admit of free ventilation, at all times. They require but very 

 little heat, and it is better that the temperature should fall as low 

 as 33° or 35° than to be kept up to 50° or 55° with fire heat, 

 and the plants often standing near the flues. A cold and dry tem- 

 perature will grow heaths in the greatest perfection. 



As a guide to amateurs and others forming collections of heaths, 

 we give the following list of kinds, which will flower in succes- 

 sion all the year. A plant or two of each in a collection, will 

 afford blossoms every day in the year. They are arranged ac- 

 cording to the period of their flowering: — 



Ei'lca. resinosa 



— Persoluta 



— arborea 



— concolor 



— Bowiedna 



— caffra (?) . . 



— pubescens 



— baccans 



— tubiflora 



— ardens 



— grandifiora . 



— cruenta 



— versicolor 



— ampulldcea . 



— ventricosa 



— superba 



■ — Savilertna 



— ramentcicea . 



— ciliaris 



— pine'd 



— cernua 



— cerinthoides . . 



from Jan. to June 

 . Feb. to May 

 . Feb. to May 

 . Feb. to May 

 . March to June 



^^arch to June 



March to Nov. 



April to June 

 . April to July 

 . April to June 

 . May to Sept. 



May to Sept. 

 . May to Nov. 

 . June to Aug. 



June to Sept. 



June to Sept. 



July to Aug. 



July to Dec. 



July to Nov. 



Aug. to Dec. 



Aug. to Dec. 



Sept. to June 



