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nearly hardy, and only requires protection from frost. It is, however, 
very short-lived, as it is only a biennial; and though it sometimes lives 
three years, the same plant can seldom be preserved longer, and thus new 
plants should be raised every year, to succeed those that die. The pots 
in which these plants are grown should be well drained, by having three 
or four pieces of broken pots, or potsherds, as they are called, at the 
bottom; and the soil in which they are grown should be composed of 
equal parts of loam, sand, and rotten manure. They are propagated by 
seeds and cuttings: the seedlings, however, rarely flower till the second 
year; and the cuttings should be planted in sand, and the pots plunged 
in a hotbed. 
VISITS TO THE NURSERIES. 
Henderson s, Pine-Apple Place, Dec. 26.—The principal plants which 
give cheerfulness to the greenhouse at this season are the heaths, of which 
there are many very beautiful specimens. One of the rarest and most 
beautiful is Erica Archeria ; but there are many others well deserving a 
place in every collection. Of these, we may mention E. ventricosa and 
E. v. superba , E. Lambertiana , E. Bowei , and E, autumnalis. The 
different varieties of the Chinese Primrose have also a very pretty effect, 
particularly those with fringed petals. Several small specimens of hardy 
plants in pots, which have been hastened in their flowering by being kept 
under glass, make a very agreeable variety, and among these are the 
Pyrus (Cydonia) japonica, the common Laurestinus, and some of the kinds 
of Cytisus. Others have been forced—that is, kept in a hotbed frame, or 
stove, and among these are the common variegated and double white 
Camellias, and Rhoddra canadensis. Other greenhouse plants beautifully 
in flower are, Chironia linearis , Siphocampylos bicolor , and spicdta , 
Epacris variegata , nivalis , and rubra , Corrcea speciosa , Helichrysum pro- 
liferum , Struthiola stricta , and Lechonaultia formosa , a plant that, when 
treated like a heath, is in flower nearly all the year. In the stove is a 
splendid specimen of Luculia gratissima , with eight large heads of pink, 
hydrangea-like flowers, which are delightfully fragrant; two large 
specimens of Poinsettia pulcherrima and its variety P. p. lutea; and a 
noble plant of Euphorbia Jacquinceflora. There is also a specimen of 
Lantana crocea , which is new. 
