No. 1662. 



ERICA DECLTNATA. 



Class. Order. 



OCTANDRIA MONOG YNIA 



This is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope: it was introduced about the year 

 1800. In growth it is very low and bushy, 

 producing a profusion of flowers in the 

 latter part of the summer and autumn. 



It requires protection from frost in winter 

 in \ light airy greenhouse, and will propa- 

 gate by cuttings. The soil should be peat. 



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