Heaths (Erica). This truly beautiful tribe is in the climate of the United States of but little interest. Scarcely half a dozen of the almost countless species and varieties of Erica have proved capable of resisting the effects of our restless climate. It is a curious fact, that, though this genus is diffused over Europe, Asia, and Africa, not a single species has been found in the Western hemisphere.

Varieties

Of these the following are good selections: -

Hardy Cape Heaths, For Flowering During The Summer Months

Erica Bowieana, white.

------Grandiflora, yellow.

------Ventricosa, pink.

------Echiflora, purple.

------Beaumontiana, blush.

------Mundula, pink.

------Cerinthoides, scarlet.

Erica Ampullacea.

------Aristata,dark crimson and pink.

------Aggregata, purple.

------Vindiflora, green and pink.

------Phrysodes, white.

Useful Kinds Are

------Hartnelli, pink.

------Aristata Major, red.

------Acuminata longiflora, purple.

------Tenuiflora, white, with pink shade.

------Inflata, white.

------Archeriana, scarlet.

------Depressa, yellow.

------Elegans, light purple.

------Cavendishii, yellow.

-------Mutabilis, light purple.

------Retorta Major, pink.

------Lamberti Rosea,flesh-coloured.

------Hyemalis, purple, tipped with white.

------Tricolor, red.

------Lirinaeoides Superba, purple, with white tip.

------Jasmini, flora alba, white, and all the varieties of Ventricosa.

Varieties Blooming Between November And May

Erica Verticillata.

------Mammosa, M. pallida.

------Hyemalis.

------Willmoreana.

------Westcottii.

------Grandinosa.

------Arbuscula.

------Umbel lata.

------Rubra P., alba.

------Pyramidalis.

------Transparens.

------Regermirans.

Mr. Reid very justly remarks, "that, in small establishments, the green-house being generally furnished with vines, to keep plants in them in summer is out of the question; he therefore selects three or four plants of only the winter flowering sorts, such as would keep up a show of bloom from November till April. Early in May the plants might be all taken out, and the house should be shut up for the purpose of forwarding the vines".

With something like the following selection, a very nice show of bloom might be kept up during all the time that it is necessary to have the plants in the house; and they are, with very few exceptions, strong growers and free bloomers, and all can be bought at a low rate: -

Erica Westcottii.

------Colorans.

-------Arbuscula.

-- Hyemalis. -------Picta.

------Transparens.

--------------------------Nova.

-------Vernix.

------Vernix Coccinea.

------Cerinthoides.

--------------------------Superba.

-------Mutabilis.

------Bicolor.

------Willmoreana.

------Rubra Calyx.

------Lambertiana.

------Lambertiana Rosea.

-------Exsurgens.

-----------------------Coccinea.

------Archeriana.

- Praestans.

- Pyramidalis Verna.

----------------Autumnalis.

------Tenella.

------Gracilis Autumnalis.

------------------Verna.

- --- Pellucida.

------Mammosa.

-----------------------Pallida.

------Curviflora.

------Scabriuscula.