ON THE PROTECTION OF SUMMER REDDING PLANTS, 69 
of no small importance, — viz. the drying up the damp, from the 
effects of which far more plants perish during the winter, than 
from any other cause. 
In order to exclude the frost, make up a thick casing quite to 
the top, and all round the pit: this may be formed of dry leaves 
and fern, or any other dry litter; it will be necessary to provide 
some portable covering to prevent the wet from getting into the 
casing; and the bottom should be rendered available for the 
egress of moisture from the wall of the pit. The best covering 
for the glass is dry rubbish, hay, and a mat on the top of that 
to keep it dry, and prevent its being scattered by the wind : 
these materials should always be placed under cover, when it is 
likely to be wet. Particular attention should be paid to having 
the pits uncovered whenever the weather will admit; and also 
to give air copiously on every favourable opportunity. 
The whole of the plants in the accompanying list may be pre¬ 
served in the pits or frames, with the exception of those marked 
with an (*) ; the latter require to be placed on a dry airy shelf in 
a greenhouse. The Tigridias and Gladiolus, which seldom ripen 
their bulbs in this climate, should be carefully taken up after 
the first frost, and be either potted or laid by in sand, under 
the stage of the greenhouse, or in any sufficiently dry position 
secure from frost. 
SELECT LIST OF PLANTS ADAPTED FOR BEDDING OUT. 
Name. 
Colour. 
Height 
in feet. 
Native country. 
Time of 
flowering. 
Alonsoa acutifolia 
- 
- 
scarlet 
Ol 
Peru 
May to Oct. 
incisifolia - 
- 
- 
— 
2 
Chili 
linearis 
- 
- 
— 
2 
Peru 
Agathaea coelestis 
- 
- 
blue 
2 
C. G. II. 
Anagallis indica 
- 
- 
— 
I 
Nepal 
May to Sept. 
Monelli 
- 
- 
— 
1 
Italy 
casrulea grandiflora 
- 
— 
11 
Gard. hvb. 
,_ _ 
Marryattae - 
- 
flesh 
1 
--- 
speciosa 
- 
- 
scarlet 
H 
— 
Philipsii - 
- 
- 
blue 
i 
— 
Bouvardia triphylla 
- 
- 
scarlet 
2 
Mexico 
May to Oct. 
Calceolaria rugosa 
- 
- 
yellow 
2 
Chili 
April to Nov. 
angustifolia 
- 
- 
-, 
2 
—- 
thyrsiflora - 
- 
- 
•— 
H 
— 
,__ 
viscosissima 
- 
- 
— 
2 
Gard. byb. 
sal vi folia - 
- 
- 
— 
2 
— 
Stevvartii - 
- 
- 
spotted 
1J 
Standishii « 
- 
- 
— 
2 
— 
- 
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