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ken root, then remove them into a more exposed situation, and give 
them plenty of air and water. Due attention must always he paid 
to potting them as often as the roots appear to mat, or the plants 
will soon assume a sickly hue ; and naked unsightly plants will be 
the reward of all your pains. When in bloom, remove them to the 
green-house or conservatory, where they will continue to flower the 
greatest part of the year. When they have done flowering, set them 
in a cool 2)art of the green-house until the following February, when 
they should he cut down, their balls reduced and repotted in the 
compost. When potted, they should be placed in a hot-bed to pro- 
duce healthy shoots for propagation, after which the old stools may 
either be turned into the flower borders or thrown away, as young 
plants raised every year are to he much preferred for flowering in 
pots. 
But if the Heliotrope is grown purposely for the flower-garden, 
cuttings put in during the month of September, potted off into small 
pots, kept in a close frame, and well protected from cold nights, by 
means of mats or long horse-litter, until the following spring is con- 
sidered the best method. Harden them by gradual exposure to the 
open air, so that by the middle of May they will bear to be planted 
out in beds, composed of a good mellow rich earth. Should cold 
nights happen after your plants are turned out, (which is sometimes 
the case) they must be defended by means of hoops and mats, or 
canvass ; if thus protected, they will grow and flower freely, in fa- 
vourable seasons, until the chilly nights of autumn give a check to 
their vigour ; they should then be taken up with their balls entire, 
and potted in good sized pots. If placed in the stove, and shaded 
for a few days, they will continue to flower down to Christmas when 
a few cuttings may be taken from them for early propagation, and 
the old plants thrown away. 
F. F. ASHFORD. 
ARTICLE XII. 
HISTORY AND CULTIVATION OF THE POMEGRANATE, 
(PUNICA GRANATUM.) — BY S. H. 
The generic name (Punica) of this tribe of plants, seems to have 
arisen from the circumstance of the P. graiiatum, being found grow- 
ing in that part of Africa where ancient Carthage stood ; the ancients 
called the fruit Malum Punicum (Carthaginian Apple) and Pomum 
granatum, Kernelled Apple. The specific name granatum, (from 
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