No. 217. 
ERICA VESTITA purpurea. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGENIA. 
This has been known since the year 
1794 in this country. Itisa native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. It blossoms abun- 
dantly during the autumnal and winter 
months, and is an extremely fine showy 
plant. As new flowers are continually 
produced in an ascending spike, care should 
be taken to remove the lower ones when 
they are decayed, which will SHED their 
damping and becoming injurious o the 
leaves 
ET occasions large plants to be 
naked and unsightly in the under branches. 
It is propagated with some difficulty by 
cuttings, and requires the greenhouse with 
as much fresh air as possible: soil, sandy 
peat. 
