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Ornamental Shrubs. 



submerged in early spring or after heavy rains. But it is 

 known that the plant does equally well, even if not better, 

 in garden soils such as are suitable to the rhododendrons 

 and other peat-loving plants. It grows with a slender, 



CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA. 



straight stem, not much branched, the bark being at first 

 light green and downy, but afterward becoming a dark 

 purple and often striped with gray. The leaves are in- 

 versely egg-shaped and slightly pubescent, while the blos- 

 soms are borne in terminal racemes and from the axils of 

 the upper leaves and side shoots. They are large, white, 

 and very showy, and when present in masses never fail to 



