NATURAL ORDER ERICEJE. 
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very deserving of extensive cultivation. The Genera are divided 
into four sections or divisions. 
Section 1 , Ericeie verie, contains 15 Genera. 
Arctostaphylos 
Arbutus 
Gaultheria 
Enkianthus 
Andromeda 
Brosstea 
Sympie'za 
Erica 
Menziesia. 
Kalinia 
Epig'yea 
Rhodora 
Lyonia 
Mylocaryum 
Clethra 
Cyril la 
Elliottia 
Blaeria 
Section 2nd. Monotropeae, contains one Genus. 
Monotropa. 
Section 3rd. Pvroleae, contains two Genera. 
Pv'rola, and Chimaphila. 
Section 4th. Rhodoraeese, contains ten Genera. 
Rhododendron Chamaeledon 
Azalea Ledum 
Ammy'rsine Bejaria 
Itea. 
Arctostaphyllos, ( Arktos , bear, staphyle, a grape.)—This ge¬ 
nus contains but two species, both of which are natives of Britain. 
The Bearsgrape, A. Uva Ur si, grows plentifully on our moors, but 
the other species (alpina) is chiefly confined to the mountains of 
Scotland, and can only be made to thrive in our gardens by being 
planted in moist shady situations. They both require sandy peat 
earth, and are propagated by layers with very little trouble. 
Arbutus .—Strawberry tree, (Ar boise, austere bush, from the 
roughness of the fruit.) Amongst the plants of this beautiful genus, 
one species, the A. Unedo, is a native of Britain, being found on the 
rocks of Ireland. It is of course perfectly hardy, and is well adapted, 
together with the six other varieties, to plant in a conspicuous situa¬ 
tion in the shrubbery, or to stand singly on a lawn, where, if the si¬ 
tuation be warm, it makes a very pretty appearance when covered 
with ripe fruit. It will thrive in any common soil. The Andrachne 
also is pretty hardy, but will not easily bear our severe frosts whilst 
young. This should be kept four or five years under cover, in pots, 
before it is turned into the open border, and then it must be planted 
in sandy peat in a warm situation, where the soil is not liable to be¬ 
come very wet. It seldom or ever ripens its fruit in this country, 
but it is said to resemble the Unedo in shape, and to be about the 
size of a raspberry. The only means we have of propagating it is 
by grafting it on the common sort. The A. toinentosa h'ybrida, 
Milleri, proceva, and Menziesii, will thrive in almost any situation. 
