NAT. ORDER. EICORKES. 
in the places where they are to remain, which should be done in 
April in order that they may have sufficient time to take good root 
before tlie winter, which is apt to injure them when newly planted 
out ; and as all the earth about their roots is thus preserved, they 
will succeed better. 
These may be considered as middling hardy plants and seldom 
hurt, except in extreme hard winters, which often destroy the young 
tender branches, but rarely the shoots. 
The most proper season for transplanting is September, at which 
time the blossoms are beginning to appear ; and when dry at that 
season, and they are kept moist, they very soon take root, but towards 
November their roots should be well cov^ered to keep out the frost. 
In performing this business the balls of earth round their roots 
should be preserved. 
In raising the second species the seeds should be procured from 
abroad and the plants be left longer in the pots, say from three to 
four years, or until they have become perfectly woody, and when 
they are put out, let warm situations be chosen for the purpose, 
where the soil is dry, as the plants do not succeed well where the 
land is too moist. 
In raising them by the second method or that of cuttings, they 
should be made from the young shoots, and be planted in pots in the 
spring or summer months, plunging them into a good hot-bed till 
they have taken root. In the layer mode of propagation the young 
shoots should be chosen, as they otherwise seldom take root in less 
than two years. In grafting them, stocks of any of the varieties 
may be had recourse to. 
These are some of the most ornamental plants of the evergreen 
kind for shrubberies and pleasure grounds, that we can boast of 
The first sort and varieties sometimes rise to a considerable height, 
from fifteen to twenty feet. They are now found in most planta- 
tions throughout England, but rare in this country. Their great 
beauty is in the months of October and November, which is the 
season when they are in flower, and the fruit of the former year is 
