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country. The soil for the seeds should be rather sandy than boggy, and 
the pots well drained, to allow a free passage for the superabundance of 
water given during the winter months ; though, until the seeds shall have 
vegetated, I do not consider any quantity of water detrimental. From 
various causes, all the species do not vegetate at the same time; those 
which first come up should be separated from the rest and exposed to the 
air, and receive less water than those not yet up. The drier the plants are 
kept through the winter, there is the less chance of their damping off, and 
they will be hardier and in a fitter state for potting early the following 
spring. 
Soil for first potting off . . . sandy peat, %, sandy loam, j|. 
First shifting.sandy peat, ^, sandy loam, ■£. 
Second ditto.sandy peat, sandy loam, f. 
Third, and, if possible, final shifting, sandy loam only. 
“ To show the propriety of such treatment, I have selected a few specific 
names from the above-mentioned list (conceiving that they are more 
generally known), and stated the nature of the soils and situations in 
which they are found in their native wilds, and trust that this will assist 
the intelligent cultivator to arrive at a perfection in their growth, and in 
prolonging their existence, hitherto rarely attained, but so much desired 
by most cultivators, who at present turn from Ericse in despair, and 
content themselves by fostering less beautiful plants. 
“ Ericse do not like frequent shifting, nor do they long thrive in soil 
that is finely sifted; stones, or even broken fragments of garden 
pots, of one-fourth to one-half inch in diameter, seem beneficial 
to the health of Ericse, while finely-sifted soil consolidates into an 
unwholesome and stagnant mass, preventing the free passage of super¬ 
fluous water. 
1. Linnceoides, 1 
tubiflora , > In running waters and springy grounds, a black vegetable soil. 
colorans. j 
Shattered sand, stone rocks, little or no soil, the roots embracing the 
stones in the crevices. 
Similar situations as No. 2, but thrive more freely in the moist clefts, 
3000 feet above the sea. 
Decomposed sandstone, shaded by Scirpoidese, &c. 
Decomposed schistus, lower parts of the mountains and secondary hills, 
exposed to drought. 
2. Alberts, \ 
ampullacea , | 
retorta , ( 
ardens, ( 
fastigia , i| 
fascicularis. J 
3. Caffra, ") 
eriocephala, I 
gelida , I 
Halucacaba. J 
4. Viscaria, 1 
Bleerioides, > 
viridiflora. J 
5. Sebana , "l 
seocfaria, I 
Plukenetiana f 
baccans. J 
