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curiously cut leaves. The fact that none of these have 

 come into more general cultivation would indicate that 

 they have not proven themselves superior to the type. 



P. californica, as its name indicates, is a native of the 

 Pacific slope, and is quite distinct from the preceding. 

 The leaves are oblong, sharp-pointed, and on petioles. 

 The general form is much the same, and the broad, round 

 head, sometimes ten to twelve feet across, is densely 

 covered with the characteristic foliage, the leaflets being 

 oblong-lanceolate, sharp-pointed, and on slender petioles. 

 The flowers are white or pale rose, with orange-colored 

 anthers somewhat prominent. Unlike most others of this 

 class they are highly fragrant. They appear in May, and 

 crown the whole shrub with their upright spikes as they 

 rise above the surface of green. In cultivation this variety 

 usually grows from twelve to twenty feet high, but there 

 are said to be specimens in its native habitat even much 



larger. 



HEDYSARUM. 



Hedysarum multijugum is an exotic, belonging to the 

 Leguminosce, which has recently come to us from Mon- 

 golia. It has not yet been thoroughly tested either in 

 England or this country, but gives promise of being a 

 valuable addition to the list of our hardy and ornamental 

 shrubs. In the home of its adoption it seldom attains a 

 height of more than five feet. It has slender branches, 

 covered when young with minute, silky hairs which clothe 

 alike the pinnate leaves and petioles, giving the whole 

 bush a tinge of gray. The foliage suggests the tropics as 

 the place of nativity, and the blossoms add force to the 



