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attention must be paid to cover them with 

 mats in bad weather. The following spring, 

 the surface mould should be taken out, and 

 the pots again filled with rich earth, and re- 

 moved to a shady border till autumn. In dry 

 weather they must be watered every second 

 or third evening ; and placed for the winter 

 under a hedge or wall, where they may 

 have sun. M. Pirolle recommends a south 

 aspect. 



Having thus stood two seasons in the pots, 

 they are to be shaken out cautiously, and the 

 mouldy or musty roots cut off. They must 

 then be plunged in water and earth for an 

 hour, and afterwards placed in twopenny pots, 

 where they may continue two or three years. 

 The first season they should be kept under 

 shade and shelter, and watered in dry weather; 

 and every spring the earth must be taken away 

 from the surface of the pots, and replaced by 

 some which is fresh and rich. 



It is recommended not to prune this tree at 

 removal ; this should therefore be done a year 

 before or after the operation. 



We meet with a variety of this tree in our 

 shrubberies with double blossoms, and an- 

 other with red flowers. 



Aiton enumerates five different species of 

 the arbutus, and we met with some varieties 



