There is no difficulty in the culture of this tribe of plants; 
they succeed best in fine fibrous peat, and should be repotted 
when the blooming season is over, which will generally be in 
the month of April, although some kinds bloom later than 
others; care should be taken that the ball is thoroughly moist 
before the repotting takes place, as more plants die from neg¬ 
lect of this, both in Epacris and Heaths, than probably from 
any other cause. They should be kept tolerably close for a few 
days, and then, if the weather be favourable, they may be 
placed out of doors for the summer months; we prefer placing 
them under the shade of tiffany to exposing them to the full 
influence of the weather, as the hair-like roots are apt to get 
injured when they reach the side of the pots, and care should 
be taken that they stand on a good layer of coal-ashes so as to 
prevent the entrance of worms into the pots, which disturb the 
drainage and do otherwise great injury; the knife may freely 
be used, to shorten the long shoots which some kinds are apt 
to throw up and thereby spoil the symmetry of the plants. 
