WINTER HEATH. 



PICAS are less in fasliiou than 

 they were fw'ty or lit'ty j-ears 

 ay(ij tor then they were to bo 

 seen in every garden that could 

 boast of a glasshouse and a 

 careful gardener. Plants that 

 make more show and give less 

 trouble have superseded them 

 to a very great extent. This 

 may be matter for regret, but 

 it is easier to make mistakes in 

 such matters than to hit upon 

 a true view of philosophical 

 vexation. The one before us, 

 however, does not count as an 

 erica in the highest sense of 

 the llorist; it is a " market 

 llower," a "table iiower,^^ a 

 flnwer f(]r e\er}djod\', and therefore it is never seen in 

 an exhiljition, and nnbody raves about it. 



ThL're are three lovely heaths that had favour with 

 the clever cultivators who supjdy the markets with winter 

 llowcrs. They are Kricu hijoiialis, the best variety of which, 

 named nii/jrrljn, has been selected for the illustration ; 



