No. 1608. 



ERICA VERNALIS. 



CIa«s. Order. 



OCT AND RI A MO NOG YMA 



A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 lately introduced. It flowers in March 



and April, and is a free growing sort, pro- 

 pagating without difficulty by cuttings. 



It requires the protection of a light and 

 airy greenhouse, to defend it from frost, 



which is all that Heaths in creneral need; 

 as the more they are exposed to all other 

 weather, even in winter, the better they 

 will thrive : care should therefore be taken 

 to inure them, by every possible means, to 

 open air, and in most seasons by tlie first 

 or second week in April they may be set 

 quite out of doors, remaining there till the 



middle or end of October. 



