No. 185. 
ERICA ELEGANS. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This magnificent heath is one of the many 
which were introduced from the Cape by 
Mr. Hibbert, about the year 1800. Itisa 
dwarf growing sort, rarely exceeding two feet 
in height, and flowering abundantly every 
ییوج‎ d m spring másttbs. The large 
rance. 
long dea the flowers are ` open. It some- 
times produces seeds in this country; with- 
out which it would soon be lost, being ex- 
tremely difficult to increase by cuttings- The 
soil must be sandy peat, and e 
usual in this family. 
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