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large, tubular, upwards of an inch long ; tubes red- 

 dish-pink, with a very dark band round the neck ; 

 limb spreading, white. May to July. 



E. McNahiana rosea. — In growth this very desir- 

 able variety differs from the preceding in the more 

 recirrved leaves; the flowers also are much longer 

 and larger; tubes rich dark rose, with a band of 

 deep blackish-purple round the neck ; limb spread- 

 ing, white. Its normal flowering season is May to 

 July ; it occasionally, how- 

 ever, blooms again in the 

 autumn. 



E. mammosa major. — A 

 strong erect- growing plant, 

 producing large whorls of 

 long, drooping, tubular 

 flowers, which are deep red- 

 dish-purple in colour ; a very 

 showy and useful variety. 

 July to November. 



E. Massonii major. — Named 

 in honour of the introducer 

 of so many Cape Heaths. It 

 is, perhaps, the grandest and 

 most stately of the whole 

 genus, and, at the same time, 

 the most difiicult to keep in 

 g-ood condition. It is a slow- 

 growing plant, but very free- 

 branching. The leaves are 

 closely set, and densely 

 clothed with woolly hairs; 

 these absorb the moisture if 

 it should get wet, and this 

 leads to mildew, and turns 

 them a reddish-brown, causing 

 the plant to present a very 

 patchy and imsightly appear- 

 ance. When carefully at- 

 tended to, however, the plant 

 is very handsome either in or 



out of flower. The flowers are tubular, upwards of 

 an inch long, disposed in large terminal whorls, deep 

 fiery-red; limb olive-green and yellow. June to 

 August. 



E. MarnocJdana. — The flowers of this very hand- 

 some variety are entirely destitute of the viscid gum 

 with which nearly all the blooms of the hard- 

 wooded Heaths are coated, so that neither dust nor 

 insects can find a lodgment upon them, which is a 

 great advantage. Flowers large, tubular, inflated 

 at the base; tubes rich purplish-crimson, with a 

 darker band round the neck ; limb white. July to 

 September. 



E. mutaUIis. — A slender-growing plant, which 

 may with propriety be called a perpetual bloomer ; 



Erica Hyemalis 



but it requires considerable attention to keep it in 

 health during the winter. IVIildew is its great 

 enemy. The flowers are disposed in whorls, tubes 

 long and slender, and of a Tmiform bright red 

 throughout. 



E. obbata. — A grand variety. The flowers are 

 much inflated, produced in large whorls, and are 

 pure white. June to August. 



E. odora roscB. — Known also in gardens by the 

 name of E. odor at a. It is deH- 

 cately fragrant, well deserving 

 a place in every collection of 

 plants. The leaves are rather 

 small and sparse, dark green ; 

 flowers campanulate, pendu- 

 lous, and pure white. May tc 

 July. 



E. opulenta. — A compact 

 yet free-gi-owing plant ; the 

 leaves closely set, small, and 

 slightly hairy. The long 

 tubular flowers are produced 

 in large whorls, tubes much 

 inflated at base, bright crim- 

 son-lake; neck banded with 

 reddish-brown ; limb pink. 

 June to August. 



E. ornata. — The habit of this 

 delicately-beautiful variety is 

 robust and free ; flowers large, 

 tubes much inflated ; soft 

 white, shaded with carmine at 

 the base, neck banded with 

 green ; limb white. July and 

 August. 



E. ovata. — This fine plant 

 has several synonyms, being 

 found in some gardens under 

 the names of E. mitrceformis 

 and E. hirtijlora; leaves 

 somewhat spreading, hairy at 

 the edges, and dark green; flowers in terminal 

 whorls, tubes much inflated at base, reddish-purple ; 

 limb white. June and July. 



E. Parmentieriana rosea. — An elegant and most 

 useful plant; compact in grovk-th and a profuse 

 bloomer ; leaves dense, bright green ; flowers tubular, 

 inflated at the base, and rosy-purple in colour. July 

 and August. 



E. Eaxtoniana. — Habit robust and good ; leaves 

 hairy and recurved ; flowers in terminal whorls, 

 tubes upwards of an inch long, reddish- salmon, 

 neck banded with greenish-brown. June to August. 



E. persoluta.— A. free slender-growing species, very 

 useful for cutting. The flowers are small, globose, 

 reddish-pink in colour, and produced in great abun- 



