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Symphoricarpus (55) raccmosus, T,\marix, see Trees. C. 



(56) vulgaris. Viburnum (57) lantanoides (alni- 



Symplocos (i42y tindoria, (143) folium), (58) Lenlago, (59) 



cratagoides. Opuliis, (5911, sterile), (60) 



Syringa vulgaris ( 83a, alba), dentatum, (61) acerifolium, 



(836, grandijiora), (83c, Marie (62) macrocephalum, (63) 



Legraye), {?>T,d, Charles X), tomentosum plicatum, (64) 



(836, Charles Joly), (83/, i/a- Sieboldi, (65) r/;/»5, (66) 



(/awze Casimir Perrier), (83^, Lantana. 



Congo), (84) Per sica, (85) C/«'- Vitex (187) Aguus-Castus. 



nensis (Rothomagensis), (86) Weigelia, see Diervilla. 



oblata, (87) pubescens, (88) Xolisma, (25) Ugustrina. 



Japonica, (89) Josikcea, (89a, Zenobia (34) speciosa. 



Lemonei). 



HEATH FAMILY (ERICACEAE) 



This large family contains over twenty genera and more than three 

 hundred and fifty species, of which at least some twenty-five, with 

 many hybrids, deserve attention. They make a most attractive flower 

 show, with four- to five-toothed flowers, spreading or bell-shaped (in 

 some cases two-lipped), generally white or pink, varying in size and 

 found in smaller or larger clusters. Well-known examples are aza- 

 leas and rhododendron. The fruit is generally an inconspicuous cap- 

 sule. Many of them are evergreen. 



They range from the daintiest small border shrubs with tiniest 

 leaves and flowers, to the robust, large-flowered, and large-foliaged 

 rhododendrons. The low ones are most useful for edging borders, 

 combining well with other evergreen shrubs, and for winter and early 

 spring effect. An arborescent species from Italy furnishes the briar- 

 root pipes. The names of the various genera are often mixed up, being 

 lately split up into the following eleven. Both in formal and in infor- 

 mal naturalistic plantings the different members of the family may be 

 most satisfactorily combined for succession of blossom and color. 



Favorable soil conditions and partial protection (during January 

 and February) in unfavorable situations are needful for best success, 

 at least with some of those in the list. Indeed, in general the members 

 of this family do not seem to be easily handled. 



Andromeda. (See also Pieris, Cassandra, Zenobia, Leucothoe, which 

 used to be grouped under Andromeda.) 



