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stiff; shoots and leaf-stalks furnished with dark bristles appressed to the 

 stem, and pointing forwards. Leaves ovate, ii to 3 ins. long, ^ to I in. wide ; 

 pointed, rounded or tapering at the base, slightly toothed," bristly at the 

 edges ; dark glossy green above, paler beneath, sprinkled with very short 

 black hairs on both surfaces ; stalk j to in. long. Flowers produced in 

 March and April in erect terminal panicles 2 to 5 ins. high, each consisting 

 of several slender, downy racemes ; corolla pure white, pitcher-shaped, 

 -] in. long,, calyx-lobes ovate; flower-stalk decurved so as to bring all the 

 flowers to the lower side, and furnished with two linear bracts. 



PlERIS FLORIBUNDA. 



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Native of the south-eastern United States ; introduced in 1800. This is 

 one of the most beautiful and hardy of flowering evergreens, slow-growing 

 and of neat bushy habit, admirable for planting in groups. A fine specimen 

 in the Wisley Gardens was some years ago 14 ft. wide and 6 ft. high. 



P. FORMOSA, D. Don. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 8283 ; Andromeda formosa, Wallich?) 



A large evergreen shrub, 8 to 12, or sometimes 20 ft. high, spreading 

 half as much more in diameter ; young wood smooth. Leaves lanceolate, 

 3 to 7 ins. long, i to 2j ins. wide ; pointed, tapering at the base, finely 



