Holly, Yew and Box 



ance, rarely exceeding 6 or 8 inches in height. 

 The flowers are red, and borne from February to 

 May. The variety alba is recognised by its 

 white flowers. E. herbacea is a synonym of this 

 species. 



E. ciliaris is widely distributed through South- 

 western Europe, and occurs in Cornwall and 

 other of the warmer counties. It is of weak, 

 wiry growth, has curious ciliated leaves, and 

 bears terminal inflorescences of red flowers from 

 July to October. The variety Mawiana is a 

 native of Portugal, and is one of the most 

 decorative of our autumn-flowering Heaths. It 

 is of more compact growth than the type, and 

 bears larger and more upright racemes of deeper 

 coloured flowers. The blossoming period is 

 from July to November. 



E. cinerea. During August and September 

 many thousands of acres of moorland in the 

 British Isles are made beautiful by the blossoms 

 of this Heath, whilst the same may be said of 

 it throughout the greater part of Western and 

 Central Europe. The type grows from 6 inches 

 to a foot in height, and bears reddish-purple 

 flowers. It is, however, a variable plant, and 

 flowers of various colours are to be found. A 

 number of distinct forms have been selected for 

 varietal names, some of the best being alba and 

 alba minor, white ; purpurea and atropurpurea, 

 purple ; atrosanguinea, deep red ; coccinea, 



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