240 Ornamental Sbrubs. 



planting in moist, open shrubberies as an undergrowth. 

 Prefer rich, sandy loam mixed with leaf-soil. They are 

 very attractive when in flower. 



Andromeda, or Lily of the Valley Tree, Andromeda 

 floribunda. A very handsome plant of rocky woods, 

 growing three or more feet high, leafy to the ground and 

 very broad and spreading, with small, oblong-lanceolate, 

 evergreen leaves and showy white flowers in terminal, 

 nodding racemes growing in the greatest profusion early in 

 summer. A. speciosa is an equally valuable shrub with fewer 

 and larger pure white flowers in drooping racemes. A. 

 Mariana, or stagger-bush, is another exceedingly pretty 

 species. There is also a hardy Japanese species (A. Japonica) 

 of a more erect habit with white flowers. The andrornedas 

 should be grown in half-shady positions, in woods or in 

 open shrubberies as an undergrowth, or in prepared beds in 

 suitable places on the lawn. They require a somewhat 

 moist and rich vegetable soil, such as a sandy loam mixed 

 with decayed leaves. 



Sorrel Tree, Oosydendrum arboreum. A tall shrub or 

 bushy tree, with oblong-lanceolate leaves and beautiful 

 white flowers in loose panicles late in summer. This is an ex- 

 ceedingly fine plant for shrubberies in rich soil, on the border 

 of groves and other plantations, and on banks of rivers and 

 lakes. The rich foliage turns into fine autumn tints. 



All the above forms, when cultivated, should be grown 

 in as natural positions as possible, on shady banks or 

 between trees of light foliage. Grown in artificial positions, 

 in formal beds, they are entirely out of place. 



Mountain Laurel, Kalmia latifolia. One of our few 



