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THE FLORISTS JOURNAL. 
The Cyrilla is another very ornamental plant, included in this 
tribe. There is only one species yet known, I believe— C. Caro- 
liniana. This is a very free-flowering plant, but of rather loose 
habit; it does best treated as directed for Enkianthus ; it is very 
difficult to propagate. Cyrilla , in honour of Dominico Cyrilli, who 
published, in 1788, a work on the rare plants of Naples, which is 
now one of the scarcest of botanical works. The remaining plants 
in this tribe are too well known to require any notice here. 
The second tribe in this order, Ericce Vaccinece , contains but 
two genus, oxycoccus and vaccinium, the cranberry and -whortle¬ 
berry ; both of great utility in their places, but not of interest to 
the florist. The third tribe, Monotropea , contains Pyrola and 
Chimaphila and Monotropa; the two first, hardy evergreen plants. 
Most of the species of Pyrola are indigenous, are very pretty, and 
well suited for shaded situations on a poor soil. Chimaphilla , of 
which there are two species, are natives of North America, but 
may be treated the same as Pyrola. The other genus, Mono¬ 
tropa, is a very curious parasitical plant. There are two species— 
Uniflora , a native of North America, and Hypopithys, a British 
plant; both of much interest to the botanist, but not to the 
general cultivator,—so will be passed over. This brings us to the 
fourth and last tribe, containing plants of the first importance; 
but being rather numerous, I will reserve them for a future 
paper. 
CULTIVATION OF THE HEARTSEASE. 
In a former paper on the cultivation of the Heartsease I gave 
some directions for preparing the soil, and making the plantations 
for spring blooming. I also recommended that garden pots 
should be turned down over the plants during severe weather. ' It 
will be well if those who planted in the autumn availed themselves 
of the suggestion, or adopted some such plan for the protection of 
the choicer varieties; as the extremely piercing winds, and the 
unusually low temperature of the air during the greater part of the 
months of January and February, have made sad havoc where 
newly-made plantations were left altogether unprotected, espe¬ 
cially in exposed situations. But after a winter of remarkable 
severity,—such as “the oldest man living can scarcely remember,” 
