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The following are modern varieties raised and sent out by 

 Messrs Rollison & Sons since 1871 : 



E. rutilans.A. beautiful variety raised at the Tooting Nursery, and 

 flowered for the first time in 1868. It is the result of seed obtained by 

 crossing E. Massonii major with one of Messrs Rollison's previous seed- 

 ling varieties, E. Taurreana. The foliage is intermediate, but the flowers 

 resemble those of E. Massonii major in shape, colour, and arrangement, 

 and are of a bright crimson colour. 1871. 



E. effitsa. This plant is the result of crossing E. Marnockeana and E. 

 princeps templiea, but is quite distinct from both in habit. The flowers 

 are in clusters, long, tubular, and of a clear crimson colour, the petals being 

 pink and white, with a dark ring near the mouth of the tube. 1875. 



E. opulenta. E. Fairreana and E. cerinthoides coronata are the parents 

 of this variety, which is quite distinct from either in habit and flower. 

 The crimson tubular flowers are inflated at the base, having a dark ring 

 near the mouth, and' are borne in whorls of 12- 16 flowers. The petals 

 are pink and white. Leaves small and hairy. 1875. 



E. or7iata. A delicate-coloured variety between E. obbata and E. 

 Fairreana. The flowers are smooth in outline, French white in colour, 

 shaded with pink at the inflated base of the tube, and banded with green 

 near the throat. Petals smooth, and nearly white. Habit robust, re- 

 sembling E. ampullacea or E. obbata. 1875. 



E. Shannonii glabra. A robust variety resulting from a cross effected 

 between E. obbata and E. ampullacea obbata. The most singular point 

 about this plant is the absence of any viscidity or gum on the flowers, and 

 yet they have a gloss like polished ivory. This is an advantage, as the 

 viscid-flowered varieties are so easily soiled by dust and flies. The flowers 

 are paper-white, suffused with rose, and borne in terminal whorls of 6-8 

 blooms. 1875. 



E. tricolor profusa. A distinct plant, the result of crossing E. Fairreana 

 and E. princeps coccinea, totally different from its parents, about which 

 some doubts might have arisen had not the pedigree been carefully preserved . 

 Flowers tubular, inflated, crimson at the base, the upper half white, 

 having a band of green around the throat. The habit is vigorous, branch- 

 ing, the foliage being erect and hairy. 1875. 



Mr T. Jackson of Kingston raised and sent out many new 

 and distinct hybrid Ericas. E. cristata vittata was raised be- 

 tween E. cristata major and E. LinruEoides, and was sent out in 

 1842, as also was E. Jacksonii, a hybrid between E^ retorta and 

 E. Irbyana. E. hiemalis, one of the finest of all winter-bloom- 

 ing Ericas, is a hybrid raised about 1838. 



A double-flowered Heath, in the shape of a sport from Erica 

 hiemalis, appeared upon a plant growing in Haynes's Nursery 

 at Penge in 1873. The doubling consists in the repeating of 

 the corolla over and over again, to the exclusion of the stamens 

 and pistil. In the centre is a small shoot bearing scale-like 

 leaves. The clear white of the inner petals contrasts nicely 

 with the pink tinge of the outer whorl ; and altogether it is 

 well worth the attention of horticulturists. 



