EVERGREENS. 145 



ERICA. Dm. 



(Heath.) 



Interesting evergreen shrubs, requiring similar 

 treatment and soil with American plants ; and like 

 them, they prefer a cool and moist situation. 



ERICA ARBOREA. Linnaeus. 

 (Tree Heath.) 



Like many plants previously alluded to, this Heath 

 is spring-tender, and must be treated accordingly. In 

 its native habitats on the Pyrenees, it often grows 

 fifteen or twenty feet high ; but in this country, 

 although a beautiful shrub, it seldom reaches that 

 height except when planted against a wall. No hardy 

 species is superior to it in beauty, but it will only 

 succeed in the more favoured parts of the country. 

 Flowers white and very fragrant. 



ERICA AUSTRALIA Linncem. 

 (Southern Heath.) 



Seldom grows more than five or six feet high. A 

 pretty pyramidal-shaped shrub, with purplish-red 

 flowers, which are produced in great profusion during 

 the whole of the summer. 



ERICA CARNEA. Linnaeus. 

 (Flesh-coloured-flowered Heath.) 

 STN. Gypsocallis carnea. Don. 

 Has prostrate branches, bearing drooping axillary 



