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GUIDE TO THE CONSERVATORY. 



be necessary to sow seed in the spring for a succes- 

 sion of blooming plants. 



York, W- BURNET. 



ZICHIA GLABRATA, TRICOLOR. 

 Natives of Australia. 



Like most of the Australian plants, they require 

 to be potted in sandy, turfy peat, to have the pots 

 well drained, and to be placed as near the glass as 

 practicable, so as to be out of the reach of the frost 

 during winter. 



W. MAY, 



Learning Lane, 



Bedale, Yorkshire. 



LECHEXAULTIA FORMOSA. 

 Class, Pentandria. Order, Monogynia. 

 Goodenovi^:. 

 Native of New Holland, 1824. 

 The following mode of treatment of this hand- 

 some plant, is that adopted by Mr. Falconer, 

 gardner to R. Palmer, Esq., of Cheam, Surrey. 

 The soil in which it is grown is taken from a heathy 

 common, from two to four inches deep; when used, 

 it is broken and pulverized with the hand, leaving 

 a good proportion of the fibrous matter contained 

 in the soil, to which is added one third of silver 

 sand. 



It is propagated in the usual manner for heaths, 



