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and autumn ; purple, changing to blue 

 when fading, in showy terminal 

 racemes; corolla ovate -urceolate, about 

 5 of an inch long. Leaves, usually 3 

 in a whorl, linear. There are several 

 varieties, one being white. Britain 



and Northern Europe. Similar 



treatment and positions to those re- 

 commended for the preceding kind, 



Erica Tetralix (Cross-leaved Heath). 

 A species with leaves shorter and 

 less pointed than those of the Scotch 

 Heath; 6tol2in. high. Flowers, rather 

 late in summer; pale red, about the size 

 of those of the Scotch Heath, in ter- 

 minal heads or umbels ; corolla ovate- 

 globose, downy at top. Leaves, 4 in 

 a whorl, ciliated. The plant is often of a 

 greyish hue, from a short whitish down 

 that clothes the branches and upper 

 leaves. Northern Europe, and plenti- 

 ful in Britain. There are several 



varieties, some of them very pretty. 

 The treatment and positions advised 

 for E. ciliaris will suit this. 



Erica vagans (Cornish Heath), A 

 neat bushy kind, not so ornamental in 

 bloom as some of the preceding ; 1 ft. 

 or more high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 pinkish, rather small, but very 

 numerous, on slender pedicels, usually 

 in pairs, forming terminal oblong 

 racemes ; corolla bell-shaped when it 

 first expands, but afterwards nearly 

 globular. Leaves, 3, 4, or 5 in a 

 whorl, linear, smooth ; stems smooth. 

 There are several varieties enumerated 

 in catalogues. Southern Europe and 

 Britain (in Cornwall), and on the south 



coast of Ireland. Peat beds and 



fringes of shrubbery. Cuttings or 

 layers. 



Erigeron grandinorus(ar#e-/owera2 

 Fledbane). A small rigid herb, 4 to 6 

 in. high. Flowers, late in summer; 

 purple or whitish, very large for the 

 size of the plant, on stems bearing one 

 head each. Leaves, of root, oblong- 

 spoon-shaped ; of stem oval-lance- 



shaped. Summits of the Rocky 

 Mountains, North America. Mar- 

 gins of mixed borders, or the rock- 

 garden, in ordinary moist but well- 

 drained soil. Division and seed. 



Erigeron Roylei (Royle's Flealane). 

 A very ornamental species, 4 to 8 

 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; large, 

 2 in. across, bluish purple, with yellow 

 disk, arranged in a loose corymb. 

 Leaves, oblong- spathulate, smooth, 

 ciliated. Stems hairy, glandular. 



Himalayas. The same treatment 



and positions as for the preceding kind. 



Erigeron speciosus (Shoivy Fleabane). 

 Stenactis speciosa. A tall showy 

 perennial with erect stem, smooth 

 below, much branched and slightly 

 hairy above, leafy to the summit; 

 about 2 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 violet -purple, 2 in. or more across, 

 in corymbose heads, terminating the 

 leafy branchlets. Leaves, lance-shaped, 

 acute, entire, slightly stem-clasping, 

 often somewhat smooth except at the 

 margins, 2 to 4 in. long ; root-leaves 

 spoon- shaped and tapering into a 



stalk. North America. Borders, or 



naturalization in shrubberies or on 

 banks. It thrives in any soil and is 

 easily increased by division. 



Erinus alpinus (Alpine E.} A 

 beautiful mountain plant, 3 to 6 

 in. high. Flowers, early in summer ; 

 small, purple-violet, in sub-corymbose 

 racemes ; corolla funnel-shaped, with 

 the limb divided into 5 segments, 

 notched at the end; calyx bell- 

 shaped; sepals 5, lanceolate-acute. 

 Leaves, about in. long, and | in. 

 broad, oblong, toothed, obtuse at the 

 end, those of the root in rosettes ; 

 stem-leaves alternate. E. hirsutus is a 

 variety larger and more vigorous in 

 all its parts than the type, and covered 

 with a long whitish pubescence. There 

 is also a white variety. Alps of 

 Switzerland, the Tyrol, and the Pyre- 

 nees. Walls, ruins, or the rock- 



