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specimens may be procured from those who make heaths 

 a speciality. A few plants to flower in January may be 

 hurried on in an intermediate house, placing them to 

 flower in a cool one. There are other species more 

 brilliant, less fragrant. Treatment- — see Erica. 



BOUVARDIAS 



are ever useful for cut flowers. Strike cuttings in 

 March, and when well rooted nip the point out. This 

 stopping must be continued, nipping out the points when 

 the shoots have six leaves. Cease this after early 

 September. From the middle of June to the middle of 

 September the pots are best plunged in the open 

 ground, choosing as sunny a spot as possible. After- 

 wards move to the greenhouse. When flowering 

 ceases, cut the shoots back to an inch of the firmer 

 stems, and if cuttings are not required keep the 

 plants in a cool house until April. Then place in a 

 temperature of 70 degrees, and when the buds break, 

 pot and grow on as before. 



The scarlet-flowered Victor Lemoine, Vulcan, President 

 Cleveland, Hogarth flore pleno (double) are excellent 

 for vividness ; Purity is fragrant and white ; Flava, 

 yellow ; and Priory Beauty, pale rose. 



Browallias 



Pretty little annuals, easily raised from early July 

 sown seed, or June struck cuttings. Set four plants to 

 a 4-inch pot. During growth pinch three or four times, 

 and keep the plants in a sunny frame or greenhouse. The 

 best is the fine blue Browallia speciosa major. 



Swan River Daisy 



{Brachycome iberidifolia). — Another elegant annual, with 

 blue, dark centred flowers. Sow in late July for flower- 

 ing in December and onwards in a cool greenhouse. 



