No. 477. 
ERICA SCARIOSA. 
Class, Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope: it 
was introduced about 1812, and may be 
called a very neat and elegant flowering 
kind. Its blossoms appear early in the 
summer, and remain a great while in perfec- 
tion. Itis cultivated inthe same way as the 
other kinds, requiring to be kept in a cool 
airy greenhouse, during winter. It strikes 
by cuttings, although not without difficulty, 
and its soil should be as usual, for the rest 
of the family, sandy peat. 
