No. 764. 
ERICA NIDULARIA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, 
whence it was introduced about the year 
t flowers in the spring, usually at 
the tops of the young shoots, in clusters of 
six or eight blossoms. The branches are 
slender and upright, and the plant grows 
from one to two feet in height. It must be 
treated as the other Cape heaths, defend- 
ing it from frosts in an airy greenhouse. It 
may be increased by cuttings, and shou 
be potted in sandy peat earth. 
