No. 1C14. 



ERICA SMITIIIANA. 



Clads. Order, 



OCTA NDRJA MONOG YNIA 



This is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope: we received it some years since 

 from our friend Mr. Shepherd, of Liver- 

 pool. It was named after Sir James E. 

 Smith, the late worthy Presideht of the 

 Linnaean Society, It is a moderate sized 

 bushy sort, and flowers in the beginning of 

 the summer. It requires to be kept in a 

 very airy, light greenhouse, during winter; 

 as much as possible even then exposed to 

 the open air ; and from the middle of April 

 till the end of October may be quite out of 

 doors^ as all the kinds should be. It should 



be potted in peat earth, and by no m 

 kept in too small a pot, observing to shift 

 it into a larger size whenever the roots have 

 filled it, which will sometimes be twice in 

 the course of one year. It is propagated 

 by cuttings. 



