No, 488. 
ERICA LAWSONI. 
Class, Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
An extremely delicate and beautiful 
species ; a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
whence it was sent to this country about 
the year 1802. It is a low growing shrub, 
seldom exceeding a foot in height, and 
flowering at less than half that size, usually 
continuing several months in blossom 
during summer and autumn. 
It may be increased with facility by cut- 
tings, and should be potted in sandy peat, 
and preserved with others of this genus in 
an airy greenhouse during winter. 
The name has been given in memory of 
the late Sir Wilfrid Lawson, Bart. of Bray- 
ton Hall, Cumberland, who possessed a 
large collection of choice plants, and was a 
distinguished patron of botany. 
