252 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE BEST ERICAS. 
(all other cireumstances being equal) those influences will be trans- 
mitted both to the atmosphere of the house, and the material in which 
the pots may be plunged, as will ensure the most complete success. 
DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THE BEST ERICAS. 
SEVERAL of our country correspondents having requested us to insert 
a descriptive list of the best Ericas, we carefully noted down the par- 
ticulars of those kinds which were shown at the principal Floral Ex- 
hibitions at Chiswick, Regent’s Park, and the Surrey Gardens during 
the present season. We scarcely need to state that the kinds are the 
best and most showy grown in this country, and from the list we give 
our readers may safely make a selection suited for any establishment. 
Erica splendens: tube-shaped, slightly curved, one inch long. 
Colour, fine orange scarlet ; handsome. ; 
KE. ventricosa-globosa: tube bottle-shaped, an inch long, waxy 
Outside flesh colour, inside red ; fine. 
E. ventricosa hirsuta alba: tube bottle-shaped, waxy, one inch long, 
white ; fine. 
KE. mutabilis: tube an inch long, flesh colour, with a deep-pink 
mouth (limb.) 
E. tricolor: tube waxy, one inch, white with a green mouth, and 
a darker rim. 
E. metule flora: tube half an inch, waxy, red, with a pink mouth. 
E. eximia: tube one inch, waxy, red at the bottom, shading off to a 
lighter colour, and a green mouth ; fine. 
E. jasminoides: tube an inch and a half Jong, flesh waxy, mouth 
white. 
E. ventricosa magnifica: tube one inch, bottle-shaped, a deep pink 
with a white mouth; fine. 
E, massoni Schombergi: tube one inch, waxy, pale-flesh, with a 
deep green end ; fine. 
E. intermedia: white, in large racemes; very pretty. 
E. ventricosa grandiflora, tube waxy, pink, one inch long ; pretty. 
E. ventricosa breviflora, tube half an inch, bottle-shaped, pink ; 
pretty. 
E. ventricosa splendens: tube one inch, pink, with a light mouth ; 
pretty. 
E. vestita coccinea: tube one inch, funnel shaped, crimson-scarlet ; 
fine, 
E. florida: bell-shaped, hanging dependent, white ; very pretty. 
E. Swainsonia: tube bottle-shaped, one inch long, a pale flame 
colour ; fine. 
E. Cavendishii: broad tube an inch and a half iong, yellow, which 
stand out well. The black anthers are very distinct inside the mouth, 
and produce a pretty effect ; fine. 
E. pregnans: tube one inch, bottle-shaped, a pale flesh with dark 
inside ; fine. 
E. mirabilis: a pure white, star-shaped ; pretty. 
