No. 715. 
ERICA PRIMULOIDES. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is one of the most delicate and 
beautiful kinds of heaths: in its growth it 
is very dwarf, rarely exceeding six inches 
in height, and often flowering when not half 
that size: the buds and outsides of the 
blossoms are of a rich red; the insides are 
most elegantly marked with the same 
our. 
It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
whence it was introduced about the year 
1800. Its season for flowering is in spring, 
and it requires the shelter of an airy green- 
house during the winter season. Its soil 
must be sandy peat earth, and it may be 
increased slowly by cuttings. 
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