GAULTHE'RIA RETICULA'TA. 
NET-LEAVED GAULTHERIA. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICACEjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
Mexico. 
16 inches. 
April, May. 
Shrub. 
in 1840.> 
No. 1052. 
This genus was named by Kalm in honour of a 
Canadian botanist, — Dr. Gaulthier. 
Under a veiy early number (17) we published 
Gaultheria procumbens, a pretty, spreading, very 
humble shntb, to which we would again call atten- 
tion, from the beauty of its glossy, scarlet, eatable 
berries, called by the Canadians partridge berries. 
The present newly-introduced species is alto- 
gether a different plant from jjrocumbens ; possess- 
ing more of the general character of an Androm- 
eda, to which genus Humboldt appended it. We 
believe it to have been one amongst the collections 
sent home by Mr. Hartweg; for, although the 
shiTib has for many years been known to botanists, 
as a native of the Andes of Quito, it has not till 
lately been introduced to British gardens. Its 
glabrous white flowers are very ornamental in the 
early part of the summer. Mr. Cameron, to whom 
we are indebted for this specimen, informs us that 
it is a white-fruited species. 
It may be propagated from cuttings, which will 
strike root in silver sand, with bottom heat. It 
will require a slight vrinter protection. 
