Mode op culture. 
first Removed, and in a week they may be exposed to the open air 
in the shade of a north wall, or, in winter, in the shady part of 
the green-house, to protect them from the sun and winds till they 
are removed into separate pots. The seeds of some species which 
ripen in this country, as well as those procured from the Cape, 
may be sown about the middle of March, in pots prepared the 
same way as for the cuttings • with this exception, that the earth 
be invariably sandy peat finely sifted. The seeds should be very 
slightly covered, and watered with a pot whose rose or head 
should only admit the water like a light dew, lest the seeds be all 
washed together. The smallest pots that can be procured are the 
best for transplanting. The earth in which most Heaths thrive 
best is a soft, loose, sandy peat. 
