and again swollen close to the contracted mouth, of a pinkish 
salmon-red, haying a bright appearance from being varnished; 
the mouth is deep sanguineous-red, or maroon; the segments 
of the limb broad and square-ended, five lines in breadth, 
clear white, a maroon-crimson ring being conspicuous at the 
mouth of the tube. This variety well merited a silver medal 
awarded to it at an exhibition of the Boyal Botanic Society in 
March of the present year. 
That called virens differs from the foregoing in the form and 
colouring of its flowers, as well as in their being more nume¬ 
rous in the heads. The leaves, in whorls of four, range in eight 
lines, and are short, linear, fleshy, recurved, and minutely cal- 
loso-serrate. The flowers grow in whorls of about eight to¬ 
gether, and are of a bright varnished brick-red; the tube about 
an inch in length, broadest towards the base, less tapering but 
slightly swollen near the contracted mouth; the limb-segments 
are about four lines broad, rounded, spreading, of a blush-tinted 
white, with a broad and very deep-coloured reddish-brown ring 
conspicuous at the mouth of the tube. This variety received a 
bronze medal at the Boyal Botanic Society’s meeting above 
referred to; and was subsequently commended by the Floral 
Committee of the Horticultural Society, on account of its hav¬ 
ing a decided tendency to bloom in large trusses. 
Heaths such as the present may be cultivated in cool airy 
greenhouses, where they can be well exposed to light. They 
are not difficult to manage, but require continual care, and will 
not bear neglect. Young healthy vigorous plants should be 
selected in spring or early summer, and carefully potted in well- 
drained moderate-sized pots, using sandy peat or heath mould 
as a compost. They must be watered just enough to keep the 
soil moistened: the roots must in fact never be exposed to 
drought, which is fatal to them, nor the earth kept continuously 
wet. In summer, an airy frame, or a sheltered well-drained bed 
of coal-ashes, provided with an awning to shield the plants from 
sun and heavy rains, is most suitable for them; and in winter 
they should have a light clean airy greenhouse. A damp 
close atmosphere at that season is fatal to them, and a dry 
parching condition of the atmosphere from excess of fire-heat 
scarcely less so. 
