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ALPHABETICAL INDEX
TO THE
FIGURES IN VOL. IV.
SYSTEMATICAL ARRANGEMENT
OF THE
LXXII ERICAS, OR HEATHS, CONTAINED IN
VOL. IV.
COLOURED
ENGRAVINGS
OF
HEATHS.[Pg 3][Pg 2]
Coloured Engravings
OF
HEATHS.
THE
DRAWINGS
TAKEN FROM
LIVING PLANTS ONLY.
WITH
THE APPROPRIATE SPECIFIC CHARACTER, FULL DESCRIPTION, NATIVE PLACE
OF GROWTH, AND TIME OF FLOWERING OF EACH;
In Latin and English.
EACH FIGURE ACCOMPANIED BY ACCURATE DISSECTIONS OF THE SEVERAL
PARTS (MAGNIFIED WHERE NECESSARY) UPON WHICH THE
SPECIFIC DISTINCTION HAS BEEN FOUNDED,
ACCORDING TO THE
LINNÆAN SYSTEM.
THE WHOLE EXECUTED
By H. C. ANDREWS,
BOTANICAL PAINTER, ENGRAVER, &c.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR, NO. 5, KNIGHTSBRIDGE.
Printed by R. Taylor and Co. 38, Shoe Lane.
1805.
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DISSERTATION continued.
THE unabating ardour that still prevails in the science of botany, and ratherincreases than diminishes, renders it almost impossible (from the extreme minutiæannexed to this elegant tribe) for the pencil of the artist to keep pacewith the numerous importations from the Cape (at present the sole emporiumof the genus Erica); the limits of the genus it is impossible at present to prescribe,but by the termination of the next volume we have no doubt of beingable to ascertain, in some measure, its extent. The author’s intention is thereforeto figure (first) all the most elegant and desirable of the genus, includingmany very beautiful varieties, of recent introduction, that far surpass those fromwhich they derive their name; reserving, as a dernier ressort, the most uninterestingand least attractive, to subjoin at the termination of the genus, asnecessary links in the chain of this extensive family. The great difficulty attendingthe cultivation of many of the species, so generally complained of,can only be surmounted by great care and attention to keep them from thepartial damps and fogs so prevalent in this island. Among the most tenderand difficult to preserve, and which require the most care, are the E. obbata,E. retorta, E. ampullacea, E. Aitonia, E. Jasminiflora, E. vestita alba, andE. Massonia; the last of which is perhaps the most tender, owing most likelyto the closeness of the leaves, joined with the soft hairs that surround them,which is a great encourager of secreted damps: this, assisted by the g