No. 431, 
ERICA VENTRICOSA. 
Class, Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Among the numberless and diversified 
kinds of this extensive and charming genus, 
there are few indeed which can vie with this. 
The variety here given we first raised in the 
year 1792, from seeds, which were collected 
in Africa by our late much respected friend 
George Scholl. We have had the pleasure 
of cultivating it ever since that period, and 
though now we may call it an old acquain- 
tance, its beautiesare still ever new and ever 
young : nor did we at any time view it with 
re gratification than at thi t, when 
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we are able to our numerous friends. 
It flowers profusely in June and July, 
and forms a handsome dwarf bushy plant: 
it is capable of being propagated by cut- 
tings, and though it has been so long con- 
tinued this way, does not seem to lose its 
pristine vigour. It should be potted in 
sandy peat, and kept in winter in the green- 
house with as much air as possible. 
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