No. 1804. 



ERICA MIRABILIS. 



Class. 



OCTANDR1A 



Order. 

 MONOGYNIA 



This is a native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, introduced about the year 1810. It 

 is low and bushy in growth, with rather 

 fleshy leaves, producing its beautiful flowers 

 in June and July. 



It may be increased by cuttings with 

 facility, and should be preserved in an airy 

 greenhouse in winter, and potted in sandy 

 peat earth. 



