1378.] 
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The felt-covered “ hurdles,” as they are 
termed, deserve a passing notice. They are 
formed of light wooden frames, covered with 
ordinary felt, which costs about one penny per 
superficial foot. The felt is tarred every year, 
and thus lcept in serviceable condition for a 
long time. In constructing the frame-work for 
these hurdles, they are strengthened by means 
of cross-pieces put triangle-fashion across the 
corners, and with pieces put across the 
frames. During summer the coverings, not 
being in requisition, are stowed away carefully. 
In this nursery there are some plants of Ghent 
Azaleas which I understood Mr. John Hayes 
to say came from the Messrs. Loddiges’ nursery 
years ago; they are all fine varieties, and are 
found very useful for cutting from in winter 
and early spring. They are most accommo¬ 
dating plants, for they are taken up every year, 
put into pots, and placed in the forcing-house ; 
and then, when they have done their work, 
gradually hardened off and put back into the 
open ground again, where they make sufficient 
growth to form buds for another season. 
Flowers of these Azaleas find a ready sale. 
It may be remarked that in lifting the 
Azaleas they are taken up with large balls, so 
that the plant does not suffer in the least by 
the removal. This is all-important, as a check 
would defer, if it did not, to a considerable 
extent, spoil the head of bloom looked for on 
the plants.— R, Dean, Ealing , W. 
TI7EMANTIIUS CINNABAEINUS. 
NE of the finest of an especially orna¬ 
mental group of stove bulbous plants, 
and one which is remarkable for the 
showy character of its inflorescence. The genus 
Iloananthus affords considerable variety of type. 
In the present instance, the bulbs are ovate, and 
the leaves, which are few in number, and of an 
oval, oblong-form, are cylindrically sheathed at 
