8 HARDY ORNAMENTAL 



Amorpha (Leguminosae). 



AMORPHA CANESCENS. Lead Plant. Missouri, 1812. This 

 is of much smaller growth than A. fruticosa, with neat 

 pinnate foliage, whitened with hoary down, and bearing 

 panicles of bluish-purple flowers, with conspicuous orange 

 anthers. It is a charming shrub, and all the more 

 valuable as it flowers at the end of summer, when few 

 hardy plants are in bloom. To grow it satisfactorily a 

 dry, sandy soil is a necessity. 



A. FRUTICOSA. False Indigo. Carolina, 1724. This is 

 a fast-growing shrub fully 6 feet high, of loose, upright 

 habit, and with pretty pinnate leaves. The flowers are 

 borne in densely packed spikes, are of a purplish tint 

 with bright-yellow protruding anthers, and produced at 

 the end of summer. It prefers a dry, warm soil of a 

 sandy or chalky nature, and may readily be increased 

 from cuttings or suckers, the latter being freely produced. 

 Hard cutting back when full size has been attained would 

 seem to throw fresh vigour into the Amorpha, and the 

 flowering is greatly enhanced by such a mode of treat- 

 ment. A native of Carolina, and perfectly hardy in most 

 parts of the country. Of this species there are several 

 varieties, amongst others, A. fruticosa nana, a dwarf, 

 twiggy plant; A. fruticosa dealbata, with lighter green 

 foliage than the type; and others differing only in the 

 size and width of the leaves. 



Amygdalus* See Primus. 



Andromeda (Ericaceae)* See Cassandra, Cassiope, 

 Leucothoe, Lyonia, Oxydendrum, Pieris, and 

 Zenobia. 



ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA. An indigenous shrub of low 

 growth, with lanceolate shining leaves, and pretty globose 



