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sanguined and atropurpurea y but all the forms of this 

 Heath are beautiful in colour, ranging from white 

 to crimson. E. carnea loves the cool pure mountain 

 air, and on hot and sandy soil in the Thames Valley 

 is short-lived. At the same time it thrives admir- 

 ably in gardens where a moist, cool bottom can be 

 provided and where the air is pure. Altogether it 

 makes an admirable succession to E. carnea. 



E. ciliaris (Dorset Heath). Although in smoky 

 and foggy places, such as London, this Heath is 

 not always satisfactory, in the purer air of the sur- 

 rounding counties it is a delightful shrub. In some 

 of the old oak-bearing country, in Sussex, for in- 

 stance, it succeeds to perfection. It is a native of 

 Britain, but is, I believe, confined to Cornwall and 

 Dorset in England, and to Galway in Ireland. It 

 has long, slender, prostrate stems, from which spring 

 erect flower-bearing branches ; the rich rose-purple 

 flowers are borne in a long raceme, and they are 

 the largest individually of those of all the native 

 Heaths. The leaves are nearly always in threes, 

 and, like all the younger parts of the plant, are 

 covered with hairs and pubescence ; it flowers from 

 July onwards. 



E. maweana. This appears to be a fine variety 

 of E. ciliaris, with larger leaves and flowers, even 

 richer in colour and of sturdier growth. It was 

 discovered in Portugal some thirty years or so ago 

 by Mr. George Maw, but has not become popular 

 notwithstanding its beauty. It was obtained for 

 the Kew collection from Messrs. Cunningham and 



