No. 276. 
ERICA PELLUCIDA. 
Class, Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This was introduced about the year 1800 
from the Cape, of which it is a native: it 
4 £ +h — 1 1. 41 Li 
are abundant, which îs sometimes the case, 
it is very showy. — 
It may be increased readily by cuttings, 
and grows faster than many of the other 
sorts: in treatment it is necessary to ex- 
pose it as much as possible to the air, and 
the soil should be sandy peat, sheltering it 
from the frost in winter in the greenhouse. 
