DECIDUOUS TREES ANJ) SHRUBS. 97 



THE JAPAN GLOBE-FLOWER, OR CORCHORUS. Kevria. H. 



Very desirable small shrubs of compact growth, if oc- 

 casionally pruned. The Japan Corchorus \K. Japonica) 

 is a slender green-branched shrub, with pointed leaves 

 and globular, double, yellow flowers. The Silver-leaved 

 Corchori^s (var. foliis variegatis) is a handsome, low, 

 variegated-leaved shrub, of excellent quality, and pro- 

 ducing a fine effect when planted to contrast with other 

 shrubs. 



THE ANDROMEDA. Afulromedcc. H. 



A genus of deciduous and evergreen native shrubs, 

 seldom seen in our gardens, but highly esteemed in Euro- 

 pean collections of '^American Plants." By using some 

 muck in the soil — aiming to imitate the soils of their 

 natural habitats — they may be made to thrive very suc- 

 cessfully almost anywhere. 



A. Mariana, known as the Stagger-Bush, has glossy 

 oval leaves, and nodding clusters of white flowers; grows 

 wild in sandy, low places. 



The Free-blooming Axdromeda {A. florihunda) , 

 and the Marsh Andromeda {A. poUfolia) are evergreen 

 species, but differing greatly. The former is a very leafy 

 and charming evergreen shrub, bearing an abundance of 

 white flowers, G-H '^ the latter a very small bush, rarely 

 exceeding a foot and a half in hight, with thick linear 

 leaves, white beneath. Both are hardy. 



Catesby's Andromeda, botanically separated from 

 Andromeda, and now Leucotlioe Cateshmi, is also ever- 

 green, with long, recurving branches, ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves and white flowers. 



The Leather-leaf (Cassandra calyculata) is closely 

 related to the Andromedas, and still classed with them 

 by some. It is a small branching shrub, with dusty- 

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