MENZIE'SIA EMPETRIFOR'MIS. 
EMPETRON-FORMED MENZIESIA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICACEjE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
N. America 
6 inches. 
June, July. 
Perennial . 
in 1810. 
No. 762. 
The name of Archibald Menzies, an English bo- 
tanist, is recorded in this genus by his friend. Sir J. 
E. Smith. Mr. Menzies collected many rare and 
nondescript plants, particularly on the western coasts 
of New Holland and North America. Amongst 
them was that under consideration, and also Men- 
ziesia ferruginea. The observations under No. 681, 
respecting the transfer from genus to genus of Men- 
ziesia coerulea apply, in a certain degree, to this 
plant also. 
Although cultivated in this country as long ago 
as the year 1810, Menziesia empetriformis is a 
scarce plant. This arises from no want of hardi- 
hood, but probably from its requiring to be grown 
in good peat soil. It is quite a gem amongst 
dwarf shrubs of its own character, or in a collec- 
tion of alpines, where it deserves a prominent 
place. 
It may be slowly increased from layers, which 
will make sufficient root in two years to admit of 
their being separated from the parent plant. Or 
cuttings of the young wood might be struck in 
sand under a bell-glass. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 3, 833. 
