McNAb—CULTIVATION OF CAPE HEATHS. 353 
of being forbidden to cultivate more than one genus of ornamental 
plants, is there a genus he could make choice of at all to be com- 
pared to Erica ?—perpetually green, sr eraaey in flower—of all 
eos of all sizes, and of many shapes 
F the supposed difficulty in the management of Cape heaths, 
the pattivation of them was pirat on the decline for several 
years. About thirty — ago, some very fine collections and fine 
met with. I may mention some of these par ioren such as the 
Royal Botanic ee t Kew, George Hibbert's, Esq., at Cla a 
E. A. Woodford’s, Sea at Vauxhall ; I 2%. An ngerstein’s, Esq., a. 
Woodlands, Blackh eath, Messrs. Lee & Kenn edy, nurserymen a 
mersmith - Mr. Richard Wilhams, nurseryman, Turnham 
reen, &c., 
Now, any Seesori that happened to be about London at the time I 
have mentioned, and might have occasion to visit it now, will, I am 
sure, agree wi with me in evra that there are not to be found in the 
neighbourhood of that great city such fine grown specimens of 
heaths as were to be seen about the end of the last and the begin- 
ning of the present century. Of late years, however, they are more 
sought after, and parti cularly to that public- spirited nobleman, 
the Duke of Bedfo rd, published his Hortus Ericeus Woburne nsis. 
is gave a considerable eciakae and his Grace’s collection at 
Woburn is now considered the best in England, both in number o 
species and their high state of cultivation. Many, I am convinced, 
eat perfection for r many years. The pa incipal of these 2 
louglass’s at Bothwell Castle and Walter Frederick Campbell's 
S9., ML. 0 
Cape heathis by Walter Henderson, gardener to the last mentioned 
gentleman at Woodhall, is published in the Caledonian Hortt- 
cultural Memoirs, vol. 111, p. 323, Which I consider by far the best I 
have met with on the subject. I trust, however, I may be excused 
he has oat fe ample grounds to bear him o 
Professor Dunbar, in this neighbourhood, a — on finest 
private pbllection of heaths of any in Scotland, and in high ection. 
catalogue of them has already been published in the “ phat oe 
