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TIIK GARDKNER'S MONTHLY 



[Junr, 



Androm. ferruginea (Lyonin ripjidn) ; from 

 Carolina; more like a tree; llowt-r white; in 

 June. 



Androm. fomeniosa (Xcrdlodis (onient. Arbu- 

 tus nuila) ; an evergreen slirul) from New Cali- 

 fornia ; riower larye white and wooly ; in August. 

 Besides these Ameriean varieties of Andromeda 

 there are also a few strangers : 



Androm. hjcopodioides ; a creepnig shrub from 

 Kamtsehatka (Siberian Asia): (lower, reddish 

 white ; corolla red. 



Androm. chinensis : tlower light-red ; in Aug. 



Androm. jnviaicensis ; high on the mountains 

 of Jamaiea ; blossom faint red. 



Aiidrom. hi/xi folia ; native of Isle de'Iiourbon ; 

 also on mountains ; 'flowers deep red : from .\pril 

 to .Tune. 



Closely allied and related to I be Andro- 

 medas is the genus Arctostaphylos ; also an 

 Ericaceae, valual)le for the fruit (berry). 



Ardos. iomentosa : northwest on the Columbia 

 river ; the fruit is eatable and ehiefly serves as 

 nutriture to the grizzly l)ear. 



Ardos. glui/ca : evergreen sbrul) on mountains 

 and hills of California; flower white, tinged with 

 flesh color ; the berries black and flat pressed. 



Ardos. alpina (Arbutus alp. Mairaniaalpinai ; 

 evergreen shrub ; high on the Alps, in Switzer- 

 land (Europe), and at the Arctic regions; flower 

 reddish in May ; berries pretty red ; tit for eating. 



Ardos C'va-ursi (Arctos. officinalis, Arbutus 

 buxifolia, Arbutus procumbens) ; a small shrub 

 from the north of Europe and America ; flower 

 reddish white ; from May to June ; the entire 

 plant resembles much the common red bill- 

 berry, only the berries are larger. Arctosta- 

 phylos Uva-ursi is greatly extolled as a remedy 

 for Lithiasis. 



[We give the above excellent abstract of the 

 general European literature of these plants 

 without alteration — because it will be very useful 

 as it stands- -only remarking in one instance on 

 the Heath, as that is an important fact. Ameri- 

 can botanical literature, however, would very 

 much extend the information. It would not by 

 a long way limit Cassandra calyculata to Cana- 

 da, nor the Bearberry to the "• North" as strictly 

 understood, as it is a common plant in New Jer- 

 sey, and some parts of Pennsylvania. -Ed.] 



NOTES ON THE CULTURE OF NATIVE 

 PLANTS. 



BYMRS. Lt:CY A. MILLIXGTOX. SOITH HAVEN, 

 MICH. 



Seeins: some communications on the culture 



of our native plants reminds me that I used to 

 do something of that myself. I have found one 

 of the ju'ettiest very ea.sy. O. spectabilis, blos- 

 somed in March with no special care. Set in 

 the gard'-n it blossomed several years in succes- 

 sion. C. pubescens,0. parvillorum and C.specta- 

 bile all blossomed in a sandy loam, and the two 

 first increased largely. I have no doubt that O. 

 acaule could be made to bloom in a bed of de- 

 cayed pine wood, as that is almost always its 

 location. I have seen a long row of them 

 perched like birds on a soft, moss-grown log, 

 that let one's feet sink in like snow. I have 

 grown Gentiana Andrewsi much handsomer 

 than they were at first, finer in color, and with 

 nuire (lowers. I'vularia granditlora and upcr- 

 foliata grow mueli handsomer in a few years 

 with care. (Jur common Acjuilegia Canadensis 

 becomes a perpetual bloomer if not permitted 

 to ripen seeds. Have seen a mass of roots 

 nearly a foot through that had to be divided with 

 an axe, having become woody and solid. 



A CALIFORNIAN GARDEN. 



liY CHAis. H. SHIXN, iNlLE.S, CAL. 



In this locality, at present date (April 17th),. 

 the standard OrauLresand Lemons arc a little past 

 their fullest bloom, much IVuit having plainly 

 set. Some dwarf Oranges, imported from Japan,, 

 are hardly so far advanced, but the white buds- 

 begin to gleam through the leaves, and will sooa 

 be wide open. 



We have been interested in observing the 



order in which our roses began to bloom this 



year. The Gloire De Rosamond came first; 



next, the Madam St. Joseph ; then the Jules 



Margottin,Luxenibourg, Jas.Sprunt, Bon Silene, 



and others ; lagging in the rear came the 



Banksias, the double white Cherokee, and the 



I old-fashioned, but never superseded, La Marque. 



I The last of all, it is apprehended, will be that 



j charming, but troublesome rose, the Yellow 



I Harrison. 



! Our garden of April is not a beginning, but 

 I only a half-way station. The Acacias, Lilacs, 

 and Tamarix giillica, the Oxalis, Crocuses, Jon- 

 quils. Hyacinths, and DaflVjdils — all these have 

 i come, and smiled on the green and dripping earth, 

 j and so have departed. Then Nature seemed to 

 j take a breath, and the Pansies lifted their won- 

 ! derful faces from th6 stillness of their dark 

 leaves, plant after plant, until dozens were in 

 j bloom ; the Anemones and the Ranunculuses, 

 grew to be flashes of color; the Nemophila corner 



