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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



«. 1. A, Polifo'lia L. The P0I3 -leaved Andromeda, or Moorwort. 



Jdentification. Lin. Sp., 564. ; Lin. Fl. Lapp., 161. 1. 1. f.,3. ; CEd. Fl. Dan., t. 54. ; Smith in Eng. 



Bot., t. 713, ; Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t, 1. ; Pluk. Aim., 175. f 1. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 

 Synonymes. /Rhododendron /jolifblium Scop. Cam , No. 482. ; Avild Rosemary, Poly Mountain, 



Marsh Cistus, Moorwort, Marsh Holy Rose ; AndromMe, Fr. and Ger. 

 Engravings. Lin. Kl. Lapp,, t. 1. f. 3. ; Fl. Dan., t 54. ; Eng. Bot., t. 713. ; Fl. Ross., 1. t 1. ; 



Pluk. Aim., 175. f. 1. ; and oat Jig. 889. 



Spec. Cliar.y Sj-c. Leaves oblong, glaucous beneath. Corollas ovate, flesh- 

 coloured, or pale red. Segments of calyx ovate, spreading, white, some- 

 times tipped with red. (i>07i'* j1////., iii. p. 829.) A 

 native of the northern countries of Euro[)e, on turfy 

 bogs ; as of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, 

 Germany, Britain, &c.; of North America, in Canada 

 and Labrador, Bay of St. Lawrence, &c., in bogs, and 

 on the borders of mountain lakes ; and in New York 

 and Pennsylvania. In Britain, in mossy bogs in the 

 mountainous parts of England and Ireland, and the 

 lowlands of Scotland. It is cultivated in gardens, in 

 moist peaty soil, and it is only in such soil, and in 

 an open airy situation, that it can be preserved for any 

 length of time. Like all the species of this order, it is propagated by layers, 

 and sometimes by division. It flowers from May to September. This 

 species and the following are sometimes admitted into ericetums, as being 

 nearly allied to heaths, but in our opinion very improperly, for two reasons : 

 first, because the leaves are so much broader than those of any iieath, that, 

 both in a general and a botanical point of view, they destroy the unity of 

 the whole or scene ; and, secondly, because, to grow these two andromedas 

 properly, they require to be planted in much moister peat than is suitable 

 for any species of heath. 



Varieties. The following varieties, the first of which may be considered as 

 the normal form of the species, are enumerated in Lodd. Cat., ed. 183G. 

 M. A. p. 1 oiigmtifiliu Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1J91., and our ^^'. 890., has 



narrow leaves. 

 «^ A.\).2 ericoides has the habit of a heath. 

 ««- A. p. li grandijiora Lodd. Bot. Cab ,t. 1714-., and owfg. 891., has large 



flowers, 

 a. A. p. -t latiJoUa Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 54G., and our fig. 892., has broad 

 leaves. 



889 



890 891 892 893 



n. A. p. 5 minima lias small flowers, 

 tt- A. p. 6 revoliita Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 725., and our Jig. 893., has the 



flowers bent back, 

 n. A. p. 7 sc6tica is common in Scotland, 

 a. A. p. 8 stricla has the branches erect, 

 a. 2. A. .nosMARiNiFO^LiA Pursh. The Rosemary-leaved Andromeda, 



Identification. Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1 p. 291.; Don's Mill 3 p. 829. 

 S,,nonyme. A. po\^ih\\^. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amcr., 2. p. 2o4., Pall. Fl. Boss., 2. p. 53. 

 Engraving. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 63. t. 70. f. B. 



Spec Char., ^c. Leaves linear-lanceolate, convex, revolute, white beneath, 

 and canescent above. Corollas nearly globose. Calycine segments oblong 

 red. Flowers white, tinged with red. (Don's Mill., m. p. 829.) A shrub 

 t^rowinf' to the height of 1 ft. ; a native of Newfoiuullaiul and Labrador, 

 and flowering in Jun°e. It is occa^ionally to be met with in collections, but 

 when it was introduced is uncertain. 



