MENZIE'SIA C(ERU'T-EA, 
BLUE MENZIESIA. 
Class Order. 
octandria. monogynia. 
Natural Order. 
ERICACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
Scotland. 
6 inches. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
Mountains, 
No. 681. 
The name, Menziesia, was adopted in honour of 
Mr. Menzies, see No. 89. This plant was called 
an Adromeda by Linneus, Erica by Willdenow, 
Menziesia by Swartz, and Phyllodoce by Salisbury, 
It has been arranged under the last mentioned ge- 
nus, by George Don, in his General System of Gar- 
dening and Botany, but we have preferred retain- 
ing it in Menziesia, in which the other species of 
Phyllodoce may, without much violence to Botan- 
ical distinction be retained. 
Menziesia coerulea has generally been accounted 
a native only of the highland mountains of Scot- 
land, but has lately been discovered in North Amer^ 
ica, even in as high a latitude as the north-west 
coast of Labrador. Its general appearance is so 
analagous to that of a heath, that, in cultivation, 
it should form one amongst this genus of plants. 
When planted out in the garden it should have 
a shady situation, with fine sandy peat soil ; and 
if kept in pots, it requires a good supply of drain- 
ers. It is most conveniently increased by pegging 
down the young branches as they advance, and cov*. 
ering them with suitable soil. 
Don’s Syst. Bot, 3, 833 
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