No. 288. 
ERICA FRAGRANS. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA | MONOGYNIA. 
This is a pleasing species; it was intro- 
duced from the Cape about 1810. The 
spring is the season in which it generally 
flowers, and the blossoms are finely scented, 
which is rather an unusual property in this 
very extensive 
It is of low growth, becoming very bushy, 
and is rather apt to damp in the winter 
season; for which reason it should be con- 
fined as little as possible in the greenhouse. 
It is propagated without much difficulty by 
cuttings, and loves a sandy peat soil. 
