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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Eria—continued. 
E. Rimanni (Riman’s). /. of a pellucid, pale yellow, the front 
lobe of the lip golden-yellow, with two purple spots; raceme 
nodding, dense, with a few reddish hairs. 
acute, very leathery, light green, with dark nerves. 
bulbs pyriform, about Jin. long. 
1. cuneate-oblong, 
Pseudo- 
Birma, 1885, 
Fic. 372. ERicA CAVENDISHIANA. 
E. striolata (slightly striated). (/., sepals and petals light ochre- 
coloured, linear-ligulate, acute, the former marked with three 
stripes and the latter with one stripe of reddish-purple ; lip 
ligulate, with very blunt side lobes, and three conspicuous, partly 
crenulate, yellow keels; raceme dense-flowered, the rachis only 
slightly hairy. 7. cuneate-oblong, acute, very fleshy. Papuan 
Islands, 1888, (I, H. 1888, t. 48.) 
E. suavis (sweet). 
In addition to the above, a large number of species of no 
horticultural value are cultivated at Kew and in other botanical 
gardens. 
ERIANTHUS. Spikelets spiked in pairs upon each 
joint of the slender rachis, one of them sessile, the other 
pedicellate ; grain free; spikes crowded in a panicle, and 
clothed with long, silky hairs, especially in a tuft at the 
base of each spikelet. 2. Monsteirii, a hardy species from 
A synonym of Trichosma suavis. 
Mount Olympus, has also been grown in Continental 
gardens, 
ERICA. Including Pathysa and Syringodea. Five 
species are included in the British Flora, viz.: E. carnea 
Fig. 373. ERICA PROPENDENS. 
Erica—continued. 
(Mediterannean Heath), EF. ciliaris (Ciliated Heath), 
E. cinerea (Scotch Heath, Scotch Heather), EF. Tetralix 
(Cross-leaved Heath), and H. vagans (Cornish Heath). 
The Hardy Heaths form a most useful group by reason 
of their robustness, compactness of growth, 
length of flowering period, as well as the time 
they last in perfection. Popularly they are 
supposed to thrive only in peaty soils; but 
this is a mistake. They will grow almost 
equally well in loam, so long as lime is absent. 
For the rock garden, and edgings to beds, 
they are well suited, and will yield their 
blossoms in profusion each season if a top- 
dressing of leaf-mould be given. JE. carnea 
is particularly valuable on account of pro- 
ducing its flowers in mid-winter; and this 
and its white variety alba shonld always 
be represented. By a jndicions selection of 
species the hardy section of Ericas may 
be found in .blossom practically the year 
through. 
Of Heaths very largely grown for market, 
the lovely yellow E. Cavendishiana (Fig. 372) 
is one of the most popular. Free flowering 
and also extremely beautiful are EB. ventricosa 
and its varieties (Figs. 875 and 376); while 
other especially desirable kinds are the hybrids 
BE. Spenceriana (Fig. 374) and EB. propendens 
(Fig. 373), all of which were described in 
the work proper. 
To the species and yarieties described on 
pp. 520-6, Vol. I., the following should be 
added : 
E. cerinthoides coronata (crowned). fl. deep scarlet-vermilion. 
1895. A handsome, dwarf variety. 
E. coronaria (crowned). A garden synonym of Ble@ria ericoides. 
E. corsica (Corsican). A synonym of F£. stricta. 
E. hyemalis alba (white). This variety differs from the type 
only in having pure white flowers. 1882. 
E. Mackaiana (Mackay’s). A form or synonym of Z£. Tetralizx. 
Fic. 374, 
ERIcA SPENCERIANA. 
