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air. To have them in perfection, a separate house is indfo 

 pensable. The heath-house should be very well lighted 

 easily and thoroughly ventilated, and so planned that the 

 plants may be near the glass ; at the same time provision 

 should be made, by means of rollers of thin canvas, to 

 protect the plants from the scorching rays of the summer 

 sun, which are apt to induce mildew. For further infor- 

 mation, we may refer to the excellent little treatise of Mr. 

 M'Nab, of the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, whose succes? 

 in this department is quite unrivaled, and in whose hands. 

 Oapc heaths attain a splendor which, we believe, they never 

 ;ittain in the environs of Table Mountain itself. The 

 Epacridw are a lovely tribe from New Holland, which> 

 hhould be cultivated along with the Cape heaths ; particu- 

 larly Epacris impressa, nivalis, variabiiis, and campanu- 

 lata. 



List of free-blooming Hardy Heaths, in their order of 

 flowering from January to December. (Communi- 

 cated by Mr. J. McNab.) 



Erica herbacea. Erica Mackayaria. 



cornea. ramulosa. 



mediterranea hybernica. ciliaris. 



intermedia. stricta. 



stricta. Calluna vulgaris, white, pink, red, 



nana. and double. 



arborea. Erica cinerea, varieties. 



austraKs. vagams. 



nana. multiflora carnea. 



tetralix, varieties. rubra. 



The superb genus Camellia is the only other that shall 

 here be noticed. To the elegance of the finest evergreen, 

 the Camellia Japonica unites the beauty of the fairest rose. 

 The Camellia, though a native of Japan, is not particularly 

 tender, but, from some peculiarities in its constitution, its 



