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be done in spring, using good peat and rough silver 

 sand. Planted out in beds in the intermediate house, 

 these plants do well provided that plenty of light is 

 obtainable. Nine inches of peaty soil resting on turves 

 grass side downwards, over a 6-inch layer of broken 

 brick, ashes, etc., form a suitable bed ; or they will do 

 well in a bed of loam, if three or four spadefuls of fine 

 sandy peat is placed around each ball when planting. 

 Top dressings should be added as the soil sinks. Of 

 course the larger plants look best thus, and appear to 

 better advantage if looked down upon rather than at 

 eye-level. Thus low houses and beds on the floor-level 

 are best. 



The neat, smooth, evergreen foliage of these rhodo- 

 dendrons is not injured by the fogs of cities, as are the 

 hairy leaves of several cool-house species, also azaleas. 



