No. 517. 
ERI CA SCABRIUSCULA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This a delicate little species ; its flowers, 
which are of the purest white, come out in 
~~ seis ebeceedt they ~_ ny weeks, 
GPpprcalance. 
It is a , native of the Cape or: Good Hope, 
introduced in 1810, and is a neat bushy 
growing plant. 
It requires the greenhouse protection, and 
the same kind of management which has 
been recommended for the other heaths, 
with sandy peat soil, and is increased by 
cuttings with facility. 
