No. 557. 
ERICA RUBENS. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOG YNIA. 
This was introduced about the year 1802 
from the Cape of Good Hope, of which it 
is a native. In size it is somewhat dwarf, 
being in its greatest perfection at about a 
foot in height: the flowers, which are freely 
produced, appear in August, continuing 
two months or more, according to the 
warmth of the season. 
It must be kept with the other heaths in 
an airy greenhouse during the winter, and 
is propagated with facility by cuttings: the 
soil should be sandy peat. 
