No. 1375. 
ERICA COCCINEA 
Class. . - Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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native of the Cap | 
said to have n A in 1783 to 
the Kew Garden. It flowers at various 
seasons, continuing long, and is a fine 
species. It must be kept in an airy green- 
house, potted in sandy peat earth, and will 
increase by cuttings. 
The discoveries making throughout the 
world prove the number of plants to be 
inconceivable. A general collection is no 
longer possible; but much might be done 
if lovers of Botany would each chuse a 
class, an order, a tribe, or even a single 
genus, according to the taste and conve- 
nience of each—procure all that is prac- 
ticable of its species—and cultivate them 
in the best style of excellence. Thus 
might each garden, however small, become 
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