; 
No, 658. 
ERICA RUBELLA, 
Class. Order. 
OCTA NDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
At ta cy leh: c q . + 
from the Cape in 1802: it is dwarf in sta- 
ture, and flowers in the months of June and 
July. It requires the usual management 
prescribed for this delightful genus-—must 
be potted in sandy peat and defended from 
frost: it may be propagated by cuttings, and 
is a very beautiful plant. 
Tt was well observed by an old writer that 
as the soul receives its objects through the 
medium of sense, so God has purposely 
created such great variety of sensible deli- 
cacies, that by every sight, and smell, and 
hearing, and touch, and taste, our souls 
might receive a report of the sweetness of 
God, from whose goodness all proceed. 
Therefore we should labour to see God’s 
goodness in every lovely sight, to taste 
God’s goodness in every pleasant taste, to 
smell it in every pleasant odour, and to hear 
it in every lovely sound, that thus the im- 
pression may pass from the senses to the 
