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The perennials are increased by division and seeds ; the bi- 

 ennials and annuals by seed. As they transplant badly, 

 they should be sown where they are to bloom. 



The flowers of most of the species — of which there 

 are more than thirty — are blue ; but A. angustifolia, lep- 

 tophylla^ petiolata^ and imdidata, have purple flowers ; A. 

 ijica7-iiata has flesh-colored, and A. ocJwoleicca and its vari- 

 eties, have yellowish-white ; A. myosotiflora has pink flowers. 

 A. Capeiisis and pidchdla require greenhouse protection. 

 The following are good species : — 



A . aggregata (cluster-flowered) ; hardy annual ; flowers blue, 

 in June ; Levant; 1827. A. afncrna (pleasing) ; hardy annual ; 

 flowers blue, in June ; south of Europe; 181 7. A. Barrelieri 

 (Barrelier's) ; hardy perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers blue, in May ; 

 south of Europe ; 1820. A. Capensis (Cape) ; greenhouse bi- 

 ennial ; 6 inches ; flowers blue, in July ; Cape of Good Hope ; 

 1800. A. Milleri (Miller's) ; hardy annual ; 18 inches ; flowers 

 pink, in June ; Levant ; 1713. A. ochroleuca (yellowish) ; hardy 

 perennial ; 2 feet ; flowers pale-yellow, in July ; Mount Cauca- 

 sus ; 1810. A. paniculata (panicled) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers blue, in June; Madeira; 1777. A. tmctoria (alkanet); 

 hardy biennial, or perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers purple, in June ; 

 Montpelier ; 1596. 



Andromeda. [Ericaceae.] Beautiful evergreen shrubs, 

 principally hardy, but a few requiring a greenhouse or stove. 

 Soil, good rich moist peat, or peat with a third part loam. 

 They are best propagated from layers, put down in Septem- 

 ber, and taken off the following autumn. The seeds are 

 very small, and require to be sown as soon as ripe, very 

 lightly covered, and set in a cool close frame ; but this is 

 too tedious a process, except with very rare kinds. Perhaps 

 A.floribiinda may be set down as one of the most useful of 

 all dwarf shrubs ; for it looks well from the time the bloom* 

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