THE HEATHER IN THE BRITISH COLONIES. 



In New Zealand 



Mr. George Cooper, of Wellington, N. Z., re- 

 plies as follows : 



"From inquiries which I have made I find that 

 the common Scotch Heather (Erica cinerea) and 

 also the tree Heather (Calluna vulgaris) have been 

 grown here by a few persons in private gardens. There 

 are several other species which grow satisfactorily, in- 

 cluding E. vulgaris rubra, and E. vulgaris carnea. 

 Of the cultivation of the latter I can speak from per- 

 sonal experience. They grow and flower freely in 

 an ordinary light garden loam in a sunny position. 

 Calluna vulgaris and Erica cinerea I have not grown 

 myself, but one may take it for a certainty that they 

 thrive in a similar soil and position to that of their 

 native habitat." 



In South Africa 



Mr. R. W. Adlam, Curator of Joubert Park, Jo- 

 hannesburg, writes: "Erica spp. are very rare in the 

 Transvaal, which is a grass country. It is only when 

 we get near to the southwestern province of the Cape, 

 within a hundred miles of Cape Town, where the win- 

 ter and spring rains are heavy, and the soil sandy, 

 that we find heaths plentiful. A few heaths are found 

 on the coast, near Port Elizabeth and near Durban, 

 such as Erica ceranthoides, but they are rare. Here, 

 at an elevation of five thousand feet, the winter is 

 too cold for heaths to survive in the open. Our win- 

 ter is very dry and summer very wet, which seems 



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