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TAMARIX 



each tiny blossom J in. across, rosy pink; they cover the whole terminal part 

 of the current year's shoot, which is thus transformed during August into 

 a huge plume-like panicle of blossom as much as 3 ft. long. Sepals, petals, 

 and stamens, all five in number. 



Native of S.E. Europe and Asia Minor, especially on the banks of tidal 

 rivers. This beautiful tamarisk is quite hardy, and one of the most pleasing 



TAMARIX TETRANDRA. 



of late-flowering shrubs. It should be planted in groups large enough for 

 its soft rosy plumes to produce an effect in the distance. To obtain it at 

 its best, it is necessary to cut it back every winter almost to the old wood. 

 It then sends up the long slender branches which flower for six weeks or so 

 in August and September. It is propagated with the greatest ease by making 

 cuttings, 6 to 9 ins. long, in early winter of the stoutest part of the season's 

 growth, and putting them in the ground out-of-doors, like willows. It has 



