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CULTUEE OP 'IIIE ERICA. 
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the paper to the board. By this method a working model is formed, in which the irregularities, if any 
are to be made on the surface, can be plainly shown ; and the walks, clumps, beds, and all the dif- 
ferent parts can be distinguished. Taste in the execution may be displayed by the use of a little brown 
sand to represent the walks, any small branches of trees stuck in to form the clumxjs, a few flowers for 
the beds, and moss to represen t the grass. 
CULTUKE OF THE ERICA. 
By Mr. JOSEPH PAIRBAIRN, Nxieseries, Clapham. 
fN my last paper upon the Erica, I treated upon the criteria for the selection of the proper soilr, find 
preparation of the same ; the selection of the most suitable Idnd of plants to grow on for speci- 
mens ; and some general remarks, by way of gmdance, in shifting or repottmg. As the present is 
a very suitable and proper period to proceed with the ojjeration of shifting, I will iJroceed to give 
a list of the best kinds to select for spring, summer, and autumnal flowering : — 
Sjjring-Jlowering Heaths. 
Aristata. 
Lambertiana rosea. 
Sparsa. 
Westcottii. 
„ major. 
Andi'omeclEeflora. 
Linnseana. 
Temiileaj. 
"Willmoreana. 
Limiffioides. 
TeneUa. 
Smithiana. 
Arbuscula. 
Noillii. 
Transparens nova. 
Ovata. 
Floribunda. 
Sindryana. 
Vcrnix. 
Persoluta rubra. 
Grandinosa. 
Eubra-calyx. 
„ coccinea. 
Eegerminaus. 
Hiemalis. 
Sanguinea. 
Summer-Jiowering 
{June to August) Heaths. 
Aitoniana. 
Ferruginea 
Mirabilis. 
Tricolor Wilsoni superba. 
,, turgida. 
Favoides elegans. 
Mundula. 
„ „ coronata. 
Ampullacea major. 
Florida. 
Mutabilis. 
Vasaeflora. 
„ rubra. 
„ campanulata. 
Murrayaua. 
Ventricosa. 
„ elegans. 
HartneUii. 
Obbata. 
„ coccinea. 
Bandoneaua. 
„ nana. 
Parmcntieri rosea. 
„ „ minor. 
Eeaumontiae. 
Humeaua. 
Perspicua nana. 
„ BotbweUiana. 
Bergiaua. 
Iniiata. 
Propendens. 
,, graudifiora. 
Cavendishiana. 
„ rubra. 
Eetorta. 
„ splendens. 
Cerinthoidcs. 
Ini'undibuliformis. 
„ major. 
„ hirsuta rosea. 
„ stricta, 
Irbyana. 
Shannoniana. 
,, alba tineta. 
Clowesiana. 
JasminMora alba. 
Splendens. 
Vcrnoni superba. 
Deuticulata moscbata. 
Jasniinoidcs. 
Sprengelii. 
Vestita alba. 
Depressa. 
Jacksonii. 
Tortilifiora. 
„ „ grandiilora. 
,, floribunda. 
Lawrenceaua. 
Tricolor. 
„ coccinea. 
Elegans. 
M'jSTabiaua. 
,,. Dunbariana. 
„ rosea. 
Eassoniana. 
Massoni. 
„ elegans. 
"Webbiana. 
Eximia. 
Metulseflora. 
„ WUsoni. 
Westphaliagia. 
Fastigiata lutescens. 
„ bicolor. 
Autumn and Winter-Jloiocring Heaths. 
Archeriana. 
Bowieana. 
Princeps camea. 
Sebana lutea. 
Banksiana purpurea. 
Longipedunculata. 
Pyramidalis. 
„ rubra. 
Colorans. 
Mammosa. 
Sanguinea. 
Gracilis. 
„ superba. 
„ major. 
Taxifolia. 
„ ceruua. 
„ . blanda. 
Nitida. 
Vcrnix ovata. 
Eubens. 
E.xsui-gens. 
Picta. 
VerticUlata major. 
Carniula. 
„ coccinea. 
Princeps. 
Vestita alba var. 
OUula. 
Incarnata. 
From the foregoing sections, whether for exhibition or for general eultm-e, varieties may be 
selected, that will furnish flowering plants for the whole year. 
Heaths like plenty of air ; it must be given freely, but carefully ; as, from exposui'e to the dry 
arid cuttmg winds, plants that are growing freely are apt to get a rustiness that will so disfigure 
them, that months will elapse before they are free from it. If the plants are in pits or fi'ames, it is 
well to open the lights on the contrary side to the wind, Avhich will effectually prevent the rust of 
cutting wind, and thus shelter the plants ; at the same time that it is quite efficient for the purposes of 
ventilation. With I'espect to the plants grown in the Heathery or other houses, it wiU be well, during 
the continuance of cold winds, to close the doors to the eastward, and admit ah' but sparingly from 
the front sashes, taking care to let down the top lights so as to insure a free circulation of aii-. 
"When the plants are in full growth, and the weather is of a parching character, it will be necessary 
to look them over every day, and water freely, taking care that none may be allowed to suffer for 
want of it, which, at this stage, would prove destructive of the flowering of the plant, if not of its life. 
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