No. 1655. 



ERICA TXCARNATA. 



CIa««- Or<Jer. * 



OCTANDRIA MONOG YNIA . 



We raised this in 1793 from seeds which 

 were collected at the Cape of Good Hope 



Ly Mr. George Scholl. 



It is a low growing bushy kind, flowering 

 in great profusion during the summer 

 months. It is increased by cuttings, and 

 should be potted in peat earth, and kept 

 during vvinter in a light airy greenhouse as 

 much exposed as possible. 



It is a very pleasing plant, and one from 

 which our hearts may receive delight and 

 instruction, if we are led to view it, with 

 respect to the Almighty Creator, as did the 

 Patriarch of old, when he said :— " Speak 

 to the earth, and it shall teach thee ; and 

 the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. 

 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand 

 of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose 

 hand is the soul of every living thing, and 

 the breath of all mankind." 



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