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THE FLOWER GARDEN COMPANION. 



may be covered with glass, until the plants make their ap- 

 pearance, when it may be removed from them. 



In the spring when the plants are grown an inch or two in 

 height, they are to be potted off, in small pots, for flowering, 

 which will be, in the dwarf varieties, in the following spring ; 

 the larger kinds will not flower until the second year. 



The propagation by cuttings is performed by filling pots 

 of soil, as before directed, and covering the top with white 

 sand. The cuttings may be taken from the plant at a time 

 when the young wood is grown an inch or two long, which 

 will generally be in the month of September. They are to 

 be taken off at a joint, the lower leaves taken off with a sharp 

 pair of scissors, and the cuttings neatly pricked into the sand, 

 and covered with a bell-glass ; the bell-glass must be regu- 

 larly taken off every day, and rubbed dry with a cloth, in 

 order to remove any moisture, and prevent their being damped 

 off. When they are well rooted, they are to be potted off, in 

 small pots, as recommended for seedlings. 



AHT. 3. Descriptive List of Ericas. 

 Those marked thus t are to be found in most collections, and seed freely. 



