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require a peaty and sandy soil, and great attention- in 

 "watering and giving plenty of air. To liave them in 

 perfection, a separate house is indispensable. 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 mean-s of rollers of thin canvas, to 

 protect the plants from the scorching rays of the Sum- 

 mer sun, which are apt to induce mildew. For further 

 information, we may refer to the excellent little treatise 

 of Mr. M'Nab, of the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, whose 

 success in this department is quite unrivaled, and in 

 whose hands Cape heaths attain a splendor which, we 

 believe, they never reach in the environs of Table 

 Mountain itself. The Epacridoe are a lovely tribe from 

 New Holland, which should be cultivated along with 

 the Cape heaths ; particularly Epacris impressa, nivalis, 

 variabilis, and campanulata. 



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

 flowering from January to December. _ [Communi- 

 cated hy. Mr. J. 3IcN'ah.) 



Erica herbacea. Erica Mackayana. 



carnea. ramulosa, 



mediterranea hybernica. ciliaris. 



intermedia. stricta. 



stricta. Calluna vulgaris, white, pink, 



nana. red, and double. 



arborca. Erica ciuerea, varieties. 



australis. vagans. 



nana. multiflora carnea. 



totralix, varieties. rubra. 



The superb genus Camellia is the only other that 

 shall here be noticed. ■ To the elegance of the finest 



