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liigli, producing its pretty white flowers freely in April and May. A 

 fine variety named Latifolia is much admired, differing only from the 

 species in its broader leaves, larger flowers, and more robust habit of 

 growth. Both are evergreen. 



Catcshoii. — Also from North America, and found distributed over a 

 very wide range of country. Is a fine dwarf evergreen species, rarely 

 exceeding 2 feet in height. Flowers white. Blooms in May and 

 June. 



Florahunda. — From Georgia and other mountainous districts in 

 North America. Is unquestionably the finest of the genus, and one 

 of the most showy and beautiful hardy evergreens. Of dwarf compact 

 habit, seldom exceeding 4 feet. The foliage handsome, and flowering year 

 after year with the greatest certainty and with remarkable profusion, 

 commencing to develop its snow-white waxy bells early in January, and 

 continuing till April. Rarely affected, even in the slightest degree, by 

 frosts. A bed of this superb plant, margined with the early-flowering 

 Erica herbacea, or its darker-coloured variety Carnea, is a sight in the 

 spring months not easily forgotten. 



Formosa. — From Nepaul ; is a superb hardy evergreen species, with 

 bright green Myrtle-like leaves and beautiful bunches of white flow- 

 ers ; it forms a pretty dwarf shrub, very dense in its habit. 



Polifolia. — Found wild in several of the moorland districts of Eng- 

 land and lowlands of Scotland, in various of the northern countries of 

 Europe, and over a very extended area in North America; is a pecu- 

 liarly interesting, very dwarf evergreen, seldom growing higher than a 

 foot. The flowers, which are of a delicate rose-colour, are produced abun- 

 dantly in May and June. This is one of the most effective plants for 

 margins of American beds, and is easily cultivated. There are a num- 

 ber of varieties more or less distinct from the species, the most desir- 

 able of which are rubra, major, and minor, — their names indicating 

 sufiiciently their peculiarities. 



Pulverulenta. — From North America; a handsome deciduous species; 

 grows about 3 feet high. Its flowers, which are produced in June and 

 July, are large and showy, pure white ; the leaves and stems are 

 thickly covered with a fine white dust, giving the whole plant a novel 

 appearance, and contrasting well with the dark green of the plants 

 with which it is usually associated. The variety pulverulentissima 

 partakes much of the character, yet is so distinct as to form an interest- 

 ing companion to the species. 



Rosmarinifolia. — A native of Newfoundland and Labrador ; — one 

 of the prettiest of the species ; a dwarf dense bush, rarely exceeding IJ 

 foot in height. The flowers, which are of a delicate pink colour, are in 

 perfection early in June ; the leaves are of a linear-lanceolate shape, 



