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LEUCOTHOE 



Miss N. J. Davis, after whom it was named. It is, perhaps, the most 

 beautiful in the genus, because its erect, terminal cluster of racemes stands 

 well above the foliage. It thrives very well in the neighbourhood of London. 

 Propagated by cuttings in August. 



L. RACEMOSA, A. Gray. 



(Andromeda racemosa, Linnceus ; A. spicata, Watson.") 



A deciduous shrub of bushy, erect habit, generally 4 to .6 ft. high in 

 cultivation, but occasionally twice as high ; young shoots usually finely downy. 

 Leaves narrowly oval or inclined to obovate ; I to 2^ ins. long, \ to i^ ins. 

 wide ; pointed at both ends, shallowly round-toothed, of firm texture, downy 



on the midrib beneath ; stalk \ 

 in. or less long. Flowers pro- 

 duced during June in one-sided 

 racemes I to 4 ins. long, some- 

 times branched, usually termin- 

 ating short twigs of the previous 

 year. Corolla white, cylindrical, 

 \ in. long; sepals triangular-ovate, 

 finely hairy on the margin ; flower- 

 stalk very short, smooth, with two 

 bracts close beneath the calyx ; 

 each anther is terminated by four 

 awns, two to each cell. 



Native of the eastern United 

 States from Massachusetts south- 

 wards ; introduced in 1736. This 

 is a perfectly hardy, free-growing 

 shrub which flowers abundantly, 

 and is one of the prettiest of June 

 flowering shrubs. It requires an 

 occasional .thinning out of the 

 older wood. Propagated by cut- 



LEucoxiioii DAVWL<. . tings of nearly ripened young 



shoots. Allied to L. recurva(^.z/.). 



L. RECURVA, A. Gray. 



(Garden and Forest, 1896, fig. 33 ; Andromeda recurva, Buckley?) 



A deciduous shrub, usually 3 to 5 ft. high, the young shoots slightly downy 

 or smooth. Leaves narrowly oval or lanceolate, tapering at both ends, thin 

 but firm, toothed, i^ to 4 ins. long, \ to ij ins. wide ; downy on the veins and 

 midrib beneath ; stalk very short. Flowers produced during May and June 

 in decurved racemes, 2 to 3 ins. long, terminating short twigs of the previous 

 year, Corolla white, cylindrical, \ in. long ; sepals ovate, pointed ; flower- 

 stalk very short and stout ; anthers terminated by two awns, one to each cell. 



Native of the southern Allegheny Mountains from Virginia to Alabama ; 

 introduced to England by Prof. Sargent about 1890, but very rare. It is 

 probably not so hardy, nor so good a garden plant as its near ally, 

 L. racemosa, from which it differs chiefly in its more diffuse habit, the 

 recurved racemes, and very distinctly grooved seed-vessel ; each pollen bag, 

 too, is surmounted by only one bristle instead of two. 



