No. 822. 
ERICA CERNUA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, in- 
troduced in 1795 by Mr. Richard Williams, 
of Turnham Green, who at that period 
possessed a numerous and splendid collec- 
tion of heaths, which he cultivated most 
successfully 
Its pos ERR SE: varies, but is 
of humble growth, having few branches. It 
requires treatment similar to the other 
kinds of Erica, nds, protection from 
frost in a greenhouse to which a large por- 
tion of fresh air can be admitted. 
The soil must be sandy peat: it may be 
multiplied with facility by cuttings. 
