HEB 



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HED 



Didyfiamia %-Angiosvemiia. Allied to 



Selago.) 



Most of the Cape Selagids are well adapted 

 for planting out in summer, in mixed borders. 

 Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, except H. den- 

 tata, which is an annual ; all from the Cape of 

 Good Hope, and all white-flowered. Short 

 young shoots, in sandy peat, in spring, under a 

 bell-glass ; sandy fibry loam, and a little peat. 

 Hummer tenip., 50 to /5 ; winter, 38 to 45. 

 Dentata by seed in early spring. 

 //, albiflo'ra (white-flowered). 1. July. 1822. 



cupita'tu (bended-flowered}. 1. June. 1823. 



chanuedrifo'lia (Germander-leaved). 2. 1822. 



cilia 1 ta (hair-fringed). 1. June. 1815. 



corda'ta (heart- leaved"). 1. July. 1774. 



dcnta'tu (toothed). 1. July. 1739. 



erinoi'dcs (Erinus-like). 1. May. 1816. 

 frutico'sa (shrubby). l. August. 1816. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved), l. May. 1/92. 



sca'bra (rough). 1. June. 1824. 



HEDE'OMA. (From hcdeoma, the 

 Greek name of mint. Nat. ord., La- 

 Jiiates or Llpworts [Lamiacese]. Linn., 

 2'Diandria \-Monoyynia. Allied to Cu- 

 uila.) 



Hardy annuals. Seed in early spring ; light 

 rich garden soil. 



//. jndegioi'dvs (Pennyroyal-like). ^. Blue. 

 July. North America. 



thymoi'des (Thyme-like). 4. Red. July. 



France. 



HK'JDEKA. The Ivy. (Hcdra is the 

 Celtic word for cord, alluding to the 

 Ivy's stems. Nat. ord., Ivy worts [Ara- 

 liutvy.'.]. Linn., 5-Pcniandria l-Mono- 



The common Ivy (H. helix] may be propa- 

 gated by seeds, but in all its varieties is quickest 

 propagated by slips, inserted in a north border, 

 in sandy soil, kept moist in the autumn. This 

 is a far better plan than inserting it at once 

 where it is intended to remain. Deep rich soil 

 suits the common ivy ; the tender kinds should 

 have lighter soil. "For clothing dead trees, 

 covering open fences, giving an air of antiquity, 

 security, and warmth, and dryness to buildings, 

 and even producing architectural effects, and 

 covering the ground in shady places with a 

 green carpet, where scarcely anything else 

 would grow, the ivy is invaluable. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



H. anilea'ta (prickly). White. Nepaul. 1816. 



fra'grans (fragrant). White. Nepaul. 1816. 



macropliy'lla. (large-leaved). White. New 



Holland. 1831. 



STOVE EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



H. capita' ta (headed-flowered). Green. Au- 

 gust. West Indies. 1770. 



digita'tu (finger-/eai'erf). White. March. 



East ladies. 1818. 



emargina'ta (end-notched). Green. 1848. 



ferrvgi'nea (rusty). White. West Indies. 



1826. 



H.pen'dula (weeping). Green. Jamaica. 1824. 



umbraculi'fera (umbrella-tea wd); White. 



March. East Indies. 1818. 



Xatape'ns('s(Xalapan). White. Mexico. 1824. 



HARDY EVERGREEN CUMBERS. 



H, he' lix (common], 40. Green. September. 



Britain. 

 arbor e'scetis (tree-like). 8. Green. 



Britain. 

 Canarie'nsis (Canary. Irish). 20. 



Green. October. Canaries. 

 > chrysoca'rpa (yellow-berried). 30. 



Green. October. India. 

 digita'ta (finger-leaved). 20. Green 



October. Britain. Shrub. 

 fo'liis arge'nteis (silver - striped - 



leaved). 20. Green. October. Bri* 



tain. 

 fo'liis au'reis (go\d-striped-lca\ed) . 



20. Green. October. Britain. 

 Tau'rica (Taurian). Green. October. 



Tauria. 1841. 

 vulga'ris (common). Green. Britain i 



HEDGE, properly includes every land 

 of fence, but the present details apply 

 for the most part to growing fences. 

 Abercrombie says, that all outward 

 hedges designed as fences should have 

 a ditch on the outside, three or four 

 feet wide at top, three deep, sloping to 

 one wide at bottom, raising a low bank 

 on the inside on which to plant the 

 hedge. Having lined out the width of 

 the ditch, then along the inner edge 

 lay a row of square spit turves, grass side 

 downwards, to form the beginning of 

 the bank, backing it up^ Avith spits of 

 earth from the formation of the ditch, 

 and top it with a little of the tine 

 mould or crumbs ; and then upon this 

 proceed to lay the first row of plants : 

 tirst let the sets be headed to about iive 

 or six inches, and the roots trimmed, 

 then lay them upon the bed of turf 

 with their tops outward, in an upward 

 direction, about ten or twelve inches 

 asunder, covering their roots with 

 mould also out of the ditch ; and then 

 lay another row of turf along upon the 

 necks of the plants, and more mould 

 from the ditch upon, and behind, the 

 turf; and when the bank is thus raised 

 a foot above the row of sets, plant an- 

 other row in the same manner, placing 

 each set against the spaces of those 

 of the first row, so covering them with 

 more earth from the ditch to the depth 

 of three feet, sloping each side to one 

 foot width at bottom, and trim up all 

 remaining earth, throwing a sufficiency 



