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very broad bronze-coloured zone, becoming at length yellow; flowers deep 
scarlet, distinct. 
Mrs. Pollock * (E. G. Henderson & Son).—Vigorous habit; leaves flat, 
with a broad yellow border and zone of deep red; flowers scarlet. A very 
beautiful variety. 
Sunset (E. G. Henderson Sc Son).—Dwarfish and spreading habit; leaves 
smooth, flat, with a broad yellow border and distinct zone of light orange red; 
flowers cerise scarlet. A very beautiful variety. 
2. LEAVES MARGIN ATE, NOT ZONATE. 
Cloth of Gold * (Veitch, Turner).—Dwarf habit; leaves flat, downy, deep 
yellow, with small bright green disk; flowers deep scarlet. 
Golden Cerise Unique (Veitch).—Moderately vigorous and free habit; leaves 
with yellow edge and reddish zone; flowers small, cerise. 
Golden Chain* (Scott, Turner).—Spreading habit; leaves broad, flat, 
surrounded with a deep yellow edge ; flowers deep cerise scarlet. 
Golden Fleece * (Veitch, Turner).—Dwarf spreading habit; leaves flat, ' 
yellow, with green disk; flowers abundant, bright scarlet. Appears to be of 
freer habit than Cloth of Gold. 
Golden Harkaway f (E. G. Henderson & Son).—Dwarf habit; leaves lobed, 
and having yellow margins; flowers loose, orange-scarlet, tinted with cerise. 
3. LEAYES WHOLLY YELLOW. 
General Longstreet (Wills).—Apparently not free ; leaves yellowish ; flowers 
scarlet. 
Golden Leaf Carter Sc Co.).—Dwarf habit; leaves yellow; flowers scarlet. 
Golden Little David (Wills).—Dwarf habit; leaves yellow. This plant was 
not vigorous enough to produce flowers, 
Robert Fish (Wills).—A gold-leaved variety, with orange-scarlet flowers of 
the semi-nosegay character, and highly premising as dwarf sort for edging, but 
not well developed.—( Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Societi /.) 
CULTIVATION OF CAPE HEATHS. 
The soil required for Heaths is fibrous peat, mixed with sand. The peat 
ought to be selected from a moor, where the wild Heath grows luxuriantly, and 
laid up in sheds, or built on a dry bottom, in ridges, so that the rain may run 
off. By this means it will always be found dry, and in good condition for use. 
When wanted for potting, it ought to be broken or torn up, not cut with the 
spade, as cutting is apt to reduce the fibre, and mixed with about one-quarter 
of sand, more or less, according to the nature of the peat. The more good 
strong fibre it has, the less sand will be required. Pit or river sand will do, 
provided it is sharp and pure; but silver sand is better. 
Some cultivators consider the season of potting to be of great importance— 
some recommending spring, some early summer, and even midsummer has its 
advocates; but I do not think the season of potting to be of so much impor¬ 
tance. I prefer potting just whenever the slightest appearance of fresh growth 
is observed. This varies a little with the species and the locality, but is gener¬ 
ally in early spring. By this time the roots will have made a little progress, 
and be in good condition for laying hold of the fresh soil. A shift of about 
2 inches will generally be found sufficient; but a new system of potting has 
come out within the last few years, which is to shift a plant from a thumb pot 
into one of 9 or 10 inches, using the soil in as rough a state as possible. If 
