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fmm being’ blown over : care, however, must be taken to keep the bottom bole in 
the pot open, so as to let the water pass freely through. Any of the plants out of 
doors lluit may come into flower late jn the season, should be removed into the 
greenhouse, as the heavy rains and high winds injure their appearance when in 
dower. 
“ Although I have never seen Heaths injured here (Edinbro’) when fully expo¬ 
sed to the weather, till after November, it is then necessary to have them removed 
into the house j and to prevent the Heath-house being crowded too early, a part 
of the duplicates may be left in an open shed, until the thermometer falls 7 or 8 
degrees Fahrenheit below freezing j it is then necessary to move the whole into 
the house that is intended for them. In all cases, in the middle of winter, Heaths 
will sustain no injury in the house, with the front-lights open day and night, until 
the thermometer falls more than 8 degrees Farhenheit below freezing. I would 
not, however, advise this to be practised in the spring, in case of the same degree 
of frost happening at that time; for we have often mild vveather in Fehruary and 
March, and so much sun that the Heaths are forced into a more vigorous state of 
growth than they are in winter, and when in such a state they will not bear so 
much cold without suffering from it, as they will do in the early part or middle of 
winter. I have had the whole Heaths in the house, frozen for days together, so 
hard that the pots could not be removed from their places without breaking them, 
and fresh air constantly admitted at the time, and I have never seen one of them 
suffer in the smallest degree from it; but on the contrary, found them to thrive 
better than under any other treatment. 
“It is an excellent practice in dull weather in winter, and even in frosty weather, 
if much damp is in the house, to throw in a little heat during the day; but this 
should never be done unless the weather is such that plenty of air can be given to 
the house at the same time, or even when frost is in the house; and the heat should 
always be stopped before the air be taken off. Very little water should be given 
during frost, indeed none, except to those which seem to suffer from want of it; 
but in mild dry weather they should be watered freely with the watering pot, and 
the engine should also be used once or twice a week, according to the state of the 
weather, that is, when it is dry and mild with much sunshine.” 
In pits, covered with glass, if we had the power of keeping them free from 
damp in such a situation, we could keep Heaths perfectly well without fire heat, 
by covering the glass during severe weather with straw or mats. The glass 
covering is quite sufficient to protect them from injury \intil the thermometer 
falls more than seven or eight degrees below freezing, and then it is advisable to 
apply some additional covering-. The woolly-leaved kinds are very liable to 
suffer in such situations. 
2.— Gakdexek'.s Magazine. Edited by J. C. Loi^don, F.Tj.S., Szq. 
Publislied every two months, price 3.v. Of/. 
No. 86 FOR February, 
Is a notice by a Correspondent, stating that at the garden of Sir John Hay, Bart, 
at King’s Meadows, Peebleshire, Carrots were grown to very great perfection in 
peat earth, (not heath mould.) This garden, he informs us, is situated upon a 
sub-soil of cankering gravel, mixed with a substance having a near affinity to 
iron-stone. The soil is light and sandy, but produces vegetables (carrots excepted) 
to equal, if not excel, any in the county. Mr. Sherare, the gardener, has had 
the garden under his management for above 31 years; and during that period be 
