No. 835. 
ERICA EXSURGENS. 
Ciass, Order, 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This fine species flowers from the latter 
part of the summer through the autumn, 
till the middle, and sometimes almost the 
end of winter. It requires the airy green- - 
house, as recommended for the other kinds, 
and may be increased by cuttings. It must 
be potted in sandy peat earth. We received 
seeds of it, together with many other choice 
kinds, in the year 1792: they were collected 
by the late worthy George Scholl, in South 
Africa. At that period, the number of 
respectable private collections in this 
country was considerable, and upon the 
increase, but later years have seen the decline 
of some of them, and the total extinction of 
the greaterpart. We still cherish the hope, 
however, that a taste for this family, which 
on many accounts we consider the most 
beautiful among all plants, will be revived, 
and we learn, with the greatest pleasure, 
that His Grace the Duke of Bedford has 
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