No. 1069. 
ERICA MASSONI, 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
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honorable distinetion more. He was sent 
out, by His late Majesty, as a botanical 
collector, and perhaps no one ever dis- 
coved and sent home a larger number of 
new plants than he did in his two voyages 
to the Cape, besides many from Madeira 
and the West Indies. He afterwards went 
to North America, in the same pursuit, and 
died at Montreal in 1805, aged 65. 
This noble species is one of those so mag- 
nificently pourtrayed by the unrivalled hand 
of our old friend, Mr. Francis Bauer, in bis 
<“ Kew plants." It is rather difficult to 
cultivate, and grows slowly. It flowers 
during the summer, and may be increased, 
sparingly, by cuttings, which should be 
potted in sandy peat, and constantly pre- 
served in an airy greenhouse. 
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