No. 224. 
ERICA COLORANS. 
Class, Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Our present plant was introduced about 
the year 1809. It isa native of the Cape 
the summer months, and after the blossoms 
are fully open, they become more red, and at 
last quite purple. It is increased by cut- 
tings with facility, and requires a sandy 
peat soil with the protection, in winter, of 
the greenhouse. 
