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crowded together in front of them. Such a selection as this I am 
sure could not have been made by any person, whose object was 
to perpetuate the development of the beauties of nature, which 
can be effected by the cultivation and proper management of the 
following plants. The plants in bloom now (October) are 
scarlet Geraniums; the cuttings should be struck in June, the 
plants shifted as they require it, the flower-buds pinched off as 
soon as they appear, until September, when they may remain ; 
these will continue in flower till December. The best kinds for 
late flowering are Shrubland, Cooperii, and Old Frogmore. 
Lechenaultia formosa, scarlet, flowers from March till December, 
should be grown in sandy peat, and treated the same as heaths. 
Alonsea linearis, scarlet, soil, peat and loam equal parts. Lobelia 
gracilis, blue, light soil. Salvia fulgens, and S. splendens, both 
scarlet. Primula sinensis : the young plants which flowered last 
spring were taken out of the house in May, and placed in a cool 
situation in the garden, where they remained until the middle of 
August; they were then potted in larger pots, put in a frame, 
and shaded in very hot weather, are now in flower, and will 
continue so until the spring, when they will be succeeded by 
those sown in June last; soil, equal parts of loam, peat, and leaf- 
mould ; white sand added if required. Gesneria splendens, 
scarlet; should be kept dry when done flowering till the spring. 
November. —Camelias, Old White, Chandlerii, Old Stripe, Lady 
Hume’s Blush, Caroline, and Colvilii: most of these will flower 
through the winter. The best time for shifting them into larger 
pots is just previous to their making their new shoots, at which 
time they should be well supplied with water ; they should remain 
in the house until the young wood is hardened, and the flower- 
buds formed. The situation for them out of doors, should be one 
that will afford shelter from cutting winds, and a partial shade 
during the hottest part of the day ; soil, half light turfy loam, one- 
fourth peat, and one-fourth leaf-mould, with a little white sand, 
all well mixed. To keep Camelias healthy, they should be 
shifted and watered only when they do require it. Heaths .—The 
following varieties succeed well in a greenhouse, and flower the 
whole of the winter months. Erica gracilis, E.cruenta, E.cubica, 
E. verticillata, E. hymalis, E.flammea, E. Irbyana, E. cerinthoides, 
E. pellucida, E. Bowieana, E. rubida, E. Linnaeoides, should be 
grown in sandy peat, kept in the coolest part of the house in the 
