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ERI 



ElticA, Linn. Tho Erica of Pliny, which is do- 

 rived from erico ov ereico, to break ; because some 

 of the species are supposed to have tho quality 

 of breaking stone in . the bladder. Linn. 8, 

 Or. 1, Nat. Or. Ericaceai. This is a genus 

 comprising a great number of very beautiful 

 and interesting plants, but not so much culti- 

 vated as they ought to be, on account of the 

 supposed difficulty in managing and propaga- 

 ting them ; but the greatest difficulty lies in 

 getting proper soil for them, without which 

 they will not thrive. The free-growing kinds 

 thrive best in good black peat, and like largish 

 pots to grow in. The dwarf and hard-wooded 

 kinds must have a, very sandy peat, and 

 smaller pots, well drained with potsherds, 

 over which a few bits of rough turfy peat 

 should be placed ; they also require less water 

 than the free-growing kinds, as they grow 

 chiefly at the Capo on the tops and sides of 

 mountains, and in the crevices of rocks, and 

 such like situations, chiefly in very sandy soil, 

 and but little of it ; they all require a good 

 deal of air, and must not be crowded too thick 

 together. Too much fire heat in winter will 

 hurt them as much as anything, as they only 

 require to bo kept from frost ; most of the 

 kinds might be preserved through the winter 

 in frames : the only difficulty is to keep the 

 damp from them. Cuttings of most species 

 strike readily, by taking off the very tender . 

 tops of the shoots, and planting them in sand, 

 under glasses. The strong growing kinds 

 require the cuttings to be rather larger than 

 the others, and some of the stunted growing 

 kinds should be kept in the stove a little 

 while when they begin to grow, to draw them 

 to a sufficient length of young wood, or cut- 

 tings cannot be procured ; as soon as rooted 

 they should be potted off singly into small 

 pots, and placed in a close frame, and har- 

 dened by degrees. The hardy sorts require to 

 be grown in the same kind of soil ; cuttings 

 planted in sand, under a glass, will root freely : 

 they may also be increased by layers. Sy- 

 nonymes: 1, Erica cyllndrica; 2, E. amdsna ; 

 3, E. fibrida; 4, E. arislata minor: 5, E. 

 Linnceana supirba ; 6, E.pulchilla ; 7, E. qua- 

 driflbra; 8, E. cunicul&ta minor j 9, E. caly- 

 clna; 10, E. criociphala ; 11, E. inapirta ; 

 12, E. sessiliflbra ; 13, E. calyclna; 14, E. 

 mirdbilis; 15, E. ruplstris ; 16, E. trans- 

 parens; 17, E. articularis ; 18, E. peltata; 

 19, E. octophHUa, coronala; 20, E. Walkeriana; 

 21, E. glandulbsa; 22, E. divaricata ; 23, E. 

 Petiveriana; 24, E. incarnata; 25, E. pubis- 

 cens; 26, E. grdcilis ; 27, E. shrdida; 28, E. 

 Linnasana persptcua ; 29, E. plnca; 30, E. 

 pubiscens; 31, E. glomerata; 32, E. Pater- 

 soniana coccinea ; 33, E. ciliata ; 34, E. pel- 

 Z&cida riibra; 35, E. calyculata ; 36, E. pini- 

 fblia; 37, E. cuprissina; 38, E. nutans; 39, 

 E. pulcJUlla; 40, E. pcduncularis ; 41, E. 

 tricolor; 42, E. axillaris; 43, E. pubiscens ; 

 44, E. pugionifblia ; 45, E. firox ; 46, E. pu- 

 biscens minima ; 47, E. pedunculata ; 48, E. 

 Cassbnii; 49, E. cirnua; 50, Calluna vul- 



garis; 51, E. basilarc; 52, E. rubra. See 



Gypsocdllis and Menziesia. ■ 



absintholdes . Purple . 5, G. Ev. S. 1J C. G. H. 



. Purple . 5, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 



. Bed . . S, G. Ev. S. 14 C. G. H. 



, Pa. red . 6, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 



. Red . 0, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 



. Whits . 4, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G H. 



. White . 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 



. Crimson . 5, G. Ev. S. 2 Gard. hybrid. 



. Yellow . 5, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 Purplo . 7, G. Ev. S. J C. G. H. 



act&a . . 

 acuminata 



pallida . 

 acuta . . 

 acutangula 

 adenfiphora 

 jemula . 

 afflnis . . 

 aggregata . 



alba . 

 Aitoniana . 

 albens . . 

 aibida 



1702 

 1S22 

 1S0O 

 1820 

 1799 

 1810 

 1S10 



1820 



. White . 7, G. Ev. S. J C. G. H. 1822 



Wht. pur. s; G. Ev. S. 2" C. G. H. 1790 



. White . 7, G. Ev. S. 1} C. G. H. 17S9 



. White . 7, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 1826 



alopecuroldes Pa. pur. . 5, G. Ev. S. | C. G. H. 1S10 

 amSbilis . Wht. rose 5, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 



ambigua 1 . Purple . 5, G. Ev. S. 1} C. G. H. 179S 



amdena 2 . . Purple . 6, G. Ev. SI C. G. H. 1793 



ampullacea . Wht. red 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 1790 



ampullace- \ Eod yol _ ^ Q E7 s 2 C- G H ls00 



oldes 

 androme- 



dajflora . 

 antheria 3 

 anthlna . 

 aperta . . . 

 Aphanes . . 

 approximata Rod 



Pink 

 Bod 

 Bed 



C. G. H. 180S 



. 5, G. Ev. S. 2 



. 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 . 5, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 



1800 

 1S11 



. 4, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 1820 



arn&rea 



minima . 



squarrosa 



styldsa 

 arbuscula . 

 Archeriaua 

 arctata . . 

 ardens . . 

 argentiflbra 

 aristata 



Nelllii, . 

 aristella 

 armata . . 

 aspera . . 

 assurgens . 

 aurea . . 

 auricularis 

 austr&lis 

 axillaris . 

 azalesefdlia 

 bsccans 

 Bandoniana 

 Banksiana 



alba . . 



purpurea 



repens . 

 barbata 



major 



minor 

 Barclayana 

 Batemanni- 



ana . . 

 Bea r onti-l pm . pl , 



White . 

 . White . 

 . White . 

 .White . 

 .Red 

 . Dk. scar. 

 . Purple . 

 . Scarlet . 

 . White . 

 . Dk. pr.w. 

 . Pk. wht. 

 . Bed 

 . Rod . . 

 . Yellow 

 . White 

 . Orange . 

 . Purple 

 . Purple 

 . Pink . 

 . Lilac . 

 . Purple 



Purple 



5, G. Ev S. 2 C. G. H. 



6, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 4, P. Ev. S. 4 S. Eur. 

 4, P. Ev. S. 14 S. Eur. 

 4. F. Ev. S. 4 S. Eur. 



P. Ev. S. 4 S. Eur. 

 G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 11 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 



4, 

 5, 

 9, 

 7, 



5, _. 



4, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 1800 



- 1801 



1S41 



1S20 

 1823 

 165S 



1800 

 1658 

 1810 

 1790 

 1820 

 1S00 



G. Ev. S. H C. G. H. 

 6, G. Ev. S. 1 Hybrid 

 6, G. Ev. S. li C. G. H. 18013 

 ™ 1816 

 1802 

 1S21 

 1799 

 1S0O 

 1769 

 1798 

 1798 



6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 . 5, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 . 5,-G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 . 8, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 . 0, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 . 5, H. Ev. S. i Spain 

 . 6, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 . 6, G. Ev. S. 1 0. G. H. 



5 G. Ev. S. 11 C. G. H. 1774 



. 7, G. Ev. 



. Whtpur. 4, G. Ev. S. 



White 

 . Purple 

 . Red . 

 . White 

 . Red . 

 . Red 



C. G. H. 

 i C. G. H. 

 i 0. G. H. 

 i C. G. H. 

 i C. G. H. 



ana 



G. Ev. S. 

 6, G. Ev. S. 



6, G. Ev. S. 



7, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 

 6, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H, 

 6, G. Ev. SI C. G. H. 



Crimson . 6, G. Ev. S. 1 Hybrid. 



| Crimson . 6, G. Ev. S. 1 Hybrid. 



. 6, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 



Bedfordiaua 5 Red pm\ 4, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 



lvllad . 

 Bergiana 7 

 blcolor . . 

 bin6ra . . 

 blanda . . 



. Bed 

 . Purple . 

 . Grn. red. 

 . White. , 

 . Pur. ora. 



5, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 



6, G. Ev. S. 11 C. G. H. 



7, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 

 5, G. Ev. S. 3 C. G. H. 

 5, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. H. 



Blandford- \ y u 5 <j Et _ s , 1JC . g . H . 



lana . . t ' „ 



fusca . . . Dk. yel. . 5, G. Ev. S. 11 C. G. H. 



Bonplandi- 

 ana 



'" I Pa. yel. . 7, G. Ev. S. 1 C. G. H. 



1S10 

 17S7 

 1812 

 1S0O 

 1800 

 1799 

 1S0O 

 1S0O 

 1S43 



1S20 

 1SO0 

 1S0O 

 17S7 

 1790 

 1819 

 179S 



1803 



1803 



1S12 



1816 

 1822 

 1792 

 1800 

 1800 

 1800 

 1S0O 

 1774 

 1812 

 ISIS 



