No. 575. 
ERICA SPECIOSA. 
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Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
The beautiful subject before us (which is 
a native of the Cape of Good Hope) was 
raised from seeds, which were brought 
from thence about the year 1800. It is a 
free and rather tall growing species, and 
its flowering season is during the autumnal 
months. The blossoms are covered with a 
kind of clammy varnish, which adds much 
to the richness of their hue, but they are 
frequently defaced by the quantities of small 
flies and other insects which are entangled 
in it, unable to extricate themselves. 
It should be indulged with a large portion 
of fresh air at all possible times, during its 
detention 3 in the greenhouse through the 
er. Its soil should be sandy peat, and 
it may be propagated with little difficulty 
by cuttings. 
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