MENZIE'SIA POLIFO'LIA. 
HOARY-LEAVED MENZIESIA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICEiE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
Ireland. 
1 foot. 
July, Sept. 
Perennial . 
Mountains. 
No. 478. 
Menziesia is a name adopted in honour of Arch- 
ibald Menzies, Esq. F. L. S. Polifolia from the 
Greek, polios, hoary. 
This plant was originally the Erica dabeoci of 
Linneus. It is a beautiful little subject, bearing 
the general aspect of a heath ; amongst which in 
the garden it is a desirable addition. Our variety 
of it — the white flowering, has been lately discovered 
in Ireland, growing with the common or purple- 
flowered. It has hitherto been introduced into very 
few collections. Another variety known as Men- 
ziesia polifolia nana is completely distinct in its ap- 
pearance from each of its congeners. It becomes 
a close and beautiful tuft of green, devoid of pro- 
truding stems or branches, excepting an occasional 
one of flowers. 
The Menziesia polifolia was formerly believed to 
have been peculiar to Ireland ; where, in a part of 
the county of Galway, it is said to be very abun- 
dant. It is now known to be native also of the west- 
ern Pyrenees, and other parts of the south of Eu- 
rope. In culture it only requires to be planted in 
good sandy peat. 
Hort. Kew. 2, v. 2, 360. 
