114. GARDENS OF ENGLAND 



alba ; nana, of dwarf growth suggested by the name ; 

 and glauca, of which the foliage is bluish-green. 



The dwarfer heaths will appeal most strongly 

 to the majority of the readers of these notes. 

 E. carnea, the rosy-flowered winter heath, belongs 

 to this group, and has been already mentioned ; 

 and associated with this are the Scotch heather 

 {E. dnerea), with its richly coloured varieties, atro- 

 sanguinea and atropurpurea ; the Dorset heath 

 {E. dliaris) ; E. maweana, supposed to be a variety 

 but with a mixed rose-purple shade in the flowers ; 

 the cross-leaved or beU heather {E. TetraUx) ; 

 the Cornish heath (^E. vagans) ; and the common 

 heather of mountains and moor, the familiar Erica 

 or Calluna vulgaris. Of this there are many beau- 

 tiful varieties ; my favourite, I think, is the crimson 

 Alporti, which appeals to me as strongly almost as 

 Erica carnea. Alba is white, and there is a golden- 

 leaved form, aurea by name. 



A heath garden is a garden I never tire of. 



