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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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E. umbellata (Umbelled); purple. Portugal. May 
to July. 
E. viridepurpurea (Green and purple). Portugal. 
May to August. 
The three Arboreas being all white, would form a 
centre with the purple-coloured species around them. 
This tall group should, of course, be planted in the 
centre of the plot of ground set out as a Heathery. 
Group 2nd.—Hardy Heaths two feet high. 
Erica ciliaris (Fringed); purple, 
to September. 
E. multijlora (Many-flowered); pink. France 
to November. 
E. multijlora alba (White). South of Europe. June 
to October. 
E. ramulosa (Small-branched); purple. South of 
Europe. June and July. 
E. ramulosa rubra (Red). South of Europe. June 
to July. 
E. stricta (Upright); purple. South of Europe. 
August to November. 
E. vulgaris (Common); purple. \ 
Cornwall. May 
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alba ; white. 
coccinea (Scarlet). 
tomentosa (Downy) ; red. 
Jlorepleno (Double-flowered); pink. 
spicata (Spiked); red. 
Makiana (Makie’s); pink. 
variegata (Variegated); purple. 
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This second group is more numerous and more 
hardy than the first. There are also a greater variety 
of colours, hence they will require more beds. There 
might be one bed of white, another of purple, another 
red, and, lastly, one of the pink or flesh-coloured 
varieties,—four beds, which should surround the centre 
or tallest group. 
Group 3.—Hardy Heaths one foot high. 
Spain. March to 
Britain. June to 
E. australis (Southern); purple. 
July. 
E. tetralix (Tetralix); pale pink. 
August. 
E. tetralix alba (White). Britain. June to August. 
E. tetralix carnea (Flesh); flesh-coloured. Britain. 
June to August. 
E. vagans (Wild or Wandering); pale pink. Corn¬ 
wall. July to August. 
E. vagans alba (White). Cornwall. July to August. 
E. vagans tenella (Slender); red. Europe. July to 
August. 
E. stricta minima (Least-upright); purple. Europe. 
July to August. 
This third group coutains some beautiful varieties. 
I think the Tetralix alba the very prettiest and most 
beautiful of all our native Heaths. I once found it 
wild myself, wlieu on a plant-seeking excursion on 
Black Moor, near Harrogate, in Yorkshire. The E. 
australis is so haudsome that it is often grown in pots 
for the greenhouse. This group should be arranged 
similarly to the second. 
Group 4th.—Hardy Heaths half-a-foot high. 
Erica carnea (Flesh-coloured); pale pink. Gormany. 
January to April. 
E. carnea herbacea (Herbaceous); pink. Germany. 
January to April. 
E. cinerea (Grey); purple. Britain. July to Sept. 
E . cinerea alba ; white. Britain. J uly to September. 
E. cinerea atropurpurea; dark purple. Britain. 
July to September. 
E. cinerea rubra; red. Britain. July to September. 
E. cinerea carnea ; flesh-coloured. Britain. July to 
September. 
E. vulgaris decumbens (Lying-down); red. Britain. 
July to September. 
This fourth group completes the series. The E. 
carnea is well known, on account of its being the first 
Heath that flowers. It is grown largely in pots near 
London for Covent Garden market. 
The grey Heaths are pretty, tiny plants, and when in 
bloom very beautiful. 
It will he observed, that some one or other of the 
Hardy Heaths are in flower almost all the year, which 
cannot be said of any other tribe of plants. 
They may be all increased by laying down the lower 
branches in spring, and covering them with an inch or 
two of heath-mould or sandy peat. These layers will 
root well in twelve months, and may then be cut off the 
old plants and planted in nursery-beds rather deeper 
than the roots. They should be trimmed-in early in 
spring, to form nice, snug bushes during the summer. 
Many of the dwarf kinds may be increased by taking 
them up, and dividing them into three or four plants. 
T. Appleby. 
ADVICE TO YOUNG GARDENERS. 
(Continued from page 219.) 
In writing for the benefit of the young men in my 
profession, I have endeavoured to point out the steps 
each ought to take to obtain a knowledge of his business ; 
his conduct to his employers, his fellow gardeners, and 
the men under him in any garden he may have to 
manage. I have also hinted at his saving from his 
wages a sufficiency to sustain him in a state of in¬ 
dependence in his old age; with some remarks on 
marriage, warning him not to enter into that state till 
he lias a fair prospect of providing for a family. I am 
happy to find my advice has been appreciated, and, 
I trust, acted upon by many of my young friends. 
There remain only a few general remarks lor me to 
make, which will conclude the series of advice. I 
have written solely to guide young gardeners through 
their lives, and thus render them more valuable as 
servants, and, consequently, happier, contented, and 
wiser men. And here let me do justice to my fellow- 
gardeners. I am proud to bear public testimony to 
their character in general. I know no other class of 
men more respectable in their general conduct, their 
personal cleanliness, dress, and behaviour. It was 
always so, in a great degree, but it is still more so now. 
Gardeners have kept pace with the times, and are, I 
trust, advancing in the scale of society. Books for 
their especial instruction, written by men who are 
either gardeners themselves, or have a great taste for that 
art, are constantly issuing from the press. Periodicals, 
too, are not wanting to keep the spirit of advancement 
in progress; so that it is the gardener’s own fault if the 
profession does not keep a-liead of all others in these 
railroad days. I, therefore, say to my brethren, do not 
sleep at your post; but continue perseveringly in 
improving your skill in your business, your position in 
society, and keep up your character as steady, in¬ 
dustrious, well-behaved, and honest men. Whenever 
you are tempted to swerve from the high line of duty, 
remember not only your own loss, if you give way to 
foolish indulgences and wicked courses, but also the 
staiu you will cast upon your class. You may be justly 
proud that you are a gardener, for no class of men that 
have to work for their bread stand higher in public 
estimation. I am happy to say, that in the criminal 
records of this country there are few gardeners who have 
broken the laws of their country, and brought on 
