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Illustration Жей oni be glad to receive 
and to pim ео or drawings suitab 
eek a gardens, or of remarkable fou. 
trees, they cannot be responsible јот 1 
or бл: "ә, 
им ‘WOODED PLANTS. 
ra catalogue Pepe 40 
with the posten i iine. 
For) instance, in ren case of greenhouse Heaths, E 
no Dir kes e mae or thereabouts are 
-a-days. there y Tewi in general 
ОМ though occasionally some о the 
older npe met with in -out-of-the-way . 
on MES cultivation of thes 
autumn 'sales or, when in oom, at' the 
commencement 
ust 
t to flower in the autumn is the bushy- 
E gracilis, which is, when at its 
best, a mass of tiny bl of a rosy purple 
t ere is à certain amount of variation in 
the colour of the flowe thi 
from r i ties, for full ехү е to sun 
and air ten n the tint the blos- 
E autumn of 1905 a white-flowered 
variety was, under the name of nivalis, given an 
Award of t by the Royal Horticultural 
cane * s ar нна роршаг, and splen- 
ЫЯ 
Before ieoi we have the delightful е 
А y pink and os blos 
which are Mode ak admir re 
s there is a pure white variety, which has 
een in cultivation, for over ars. 
nd о mber, or thereabouts, Erica 
ass 
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This Heath is on 
cultural Wie S Ae of 
species 
Erica Willmorei, 
hyemalis is past 
asing pe : 
е of the least particular in its 
all the greenhouse 
which comes in when E. 
its best, is somewhat ө 
th species, but the owers are 
and the habit of the plant more robust 
Next come what ma e described as the 
spring-flowering kinds, the more Wow y grown 
being Erica candidissima, of upright habit with 
long-tubed blossoms of t "ae rhite ; 
hybrida, bright red; E. persoluta alba, whit 
persoluta rubra, reddish; E. p dens, 
lilac; and nceriana, purplish lilac, tipped 
lac; an 
with is Besides these there is 
y El 
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Fic. 151.—MISTLETO GROWING ON A ROSE BUSH. 
flowering Pu of E. gracilis rnalis. 
from its distinct ad lui. bane 
itself is E. cavendishiana, 
complete without a good харга of this kind. 
mmer than *» 
It is o 
faller: from ‘the | hi d position ird form 
r ha oode 
Boro serru- 
ta, Dracophyllum 
gracile, Дош Celsii (elliptica), "Phoenoc coma. pro- 
lifera Barnesii, Pleroma elegans, and Pultenaeas 
f soris. 
The сапонин Leschenawltia mes 
which was f considered a good te en th 
euiivator's skill, now never met wit i. 
the charming blue о biloba major, 
CHRONICLE. 
[DECEMBER 27, 1919. 
which Messrs. Balchin used to grow so well at 
until the nursery was disposed of, 
r the market are 
марте were, 
hold t e old-time struc- 
and perseverance of the бе зи of those days 
that w able to grow such handsome 
specimens. 
MISTLETO GROWING ON A ROSE BUSH. 
n 
found also on other plants. s is 
the Rose is now oo а ароу ee | 
fost it will not survive long. "ua stration 
(see Fig. 151) clearly shows the thickening of 
the stem whence 5 Mistleto springs, but 
does not, unfortunately, clearly show how the 
ose above it is akened. Р. Murray 
Thomson, Downshill House, Bridge Sollers, 
Hereford. 
WINTER-FLOWERING GREENHOUSE 
PLANTS. 
the middle of December until the Ne 
p wal advanced the demand for flowers 
usually exceeds the sup is unavoidable 
any gardens, as the cultivation of plan 
o flower during winter entail 
and requires a fair amount of glass 
а у 
"dei 
e 
or th 
ollo pring varietie 
r 
Lady 
n rtant than 
к А% this 
always appear to advantage 
and in these Sen ihe тг argu Pe 
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