The delicate appearance of this little shrub might induce 

 the observer to suppose that its habit of growth was equally 

 delicate. It is, however, a hardy shrub, and may be recom- 

 mended not merely for this propert}', however desirable, but 

 for the beautiful tints with which it is adorned in every part : 

 the rich brown shining stem, furnished with dark-green leaves, 

 yielding an excellent relief to the beautiful bunches of little 

 pink flowers, and to the more massy groups of white berries, 

 which thickly beset this interesting shrub, 



" where fruits and blossoms blush 



In social sweetness on the self-same bough/* 



from the early part of July until the end of October, produce 

 a pleasing variety and contrast rarely to be seen in any other 

 individual plant. No greater proof can be given of the delight 

 excited by this little shrub in the lovers of plants, than that it 

 is cultivated generally in the nurseries, and that although in- 

 troduced so recently as 1817, it already adorns every collec- 

 tion where beauty is made a prominent feature. About the 

 banks of the Missouri this elegant plant is found growing in 

 abundance. It may be raised from seeds in this country ; but 

 the more preferable and expeditious mode of increasing will 

 be by laying : the layers should be put down in a somewhat 

 sandy earth about the beginning of April ; and when sepa- 

 rated from the original plant in the following spring, they may 

 be planted in the common shrubbery borders, provided the 

 earth be not too stiff. The specimen for this figure was from 

 Messrs. Buckingham and Chandler's Nursery, Vauxhall. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



Magnified section of the corolla, germ^ and calyx. 



