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pot auil hold it hoail downwards^ and remove the eroeks and 

 some of the old soil, bnt do not strip the roots or atte)npt 

 to shake tlie l)all to pieces. Wiien you have liad some 

 expei'ience yi.'U may shake all tlie soil off; hut in a (irst 

 effort it will be best not to attempt such radical jjraetiee. 

 Now take a. clean pot of the same size as that from wliicli 

 the plant was removed, or the selfsame pot may lie used if 

 it is washed first. In the bottom of tliis lay a few jiieecs 

 of liroken pot, hollow side downwards. On these ci'ocks 

 sprinkle a few liits of turfy peat ; then put the plant in 

 the pot and fill in round it with the fresh soil, pressing it 

 in with the thumb of each hand somewhat firmly, and 

 put a lig-ht sprinkle of the tine stuff over all to make a 

 finisli. 



Keep the plant in the greenhouse and give it very 

 little water until it begins to grow free]3^ This will firing 

 us, sav, to the end of ^May. Then take a clean pot one 

 size larger, turn out the plant again, remove the crocks, 

 Imt do not remove any soil, and jiack it nicely into 

 tlie larger pot with a further supply of the fresh peaty 

 mixture. In aliout three weeks after this put it out in tlie 

 open air in a frame, and let it bo fully exposed to sun and 

 weather until the end of September, and then jiut it in the 

 greenhouse, and the work of the season will be completed. 

 The date of flowering will depend veiy much upon the 

 temperature of the house and the nature of the season. 

 But it will be well to remember that although the green- 

 house heaths wilt not endure frost, they may very soon be 

 killed by excess of artificial heat. 



Having thus acquired a lesson in the cultivation of 

 heaths, we may proceed to enlarge our practice by taking 

 in hand a nice little collection. It is nf importance to 



