No. 78. 
ERICA ARISTATA. 
Class. 
OCTANDRIA | MONOGYNIA. 
duo 
This is a very striking species, indeed few 
are more showy. It is from South Africa, 
and was introduced several years since; not- 
Meg which, it has always very 
, being extremely difficult to propagate 
en My preserve. We entertained some 
hes that it would seed with us, but they 
were not realized; 3 “and it is nach to be 
feared that this beautiful plant will soon be 
entirely lost in this country. This is the 
more to be regretted, as it is not easy to 
obtain a fresh supply of s. The native 
place of almost T ‘individual species of 
Erica is so very ribed, that in those 
trackless wilds, : traveller has but a slight 
chance of meeting with a particular plant ; 
unless he is acquainted with the precise spot 
where aloneit is to be found. 
It should have a treatment similar to the 
other Ericas, preserving it in the green-house 
in the winter season, and putting it in sandy 
peat soil. 
