SHRUBS THAT ARE PERFECTLY HARDY. 85 



The Bearhervy, Arctostaphylos Uva-Ursi, is an excellent trail- 

 ing plant and will grow in the poorest soils when once established, 

 but it needs time and patience. 



Epigcea repens (the well-known Trailing Arbutus or Mayflower) 

 can be grown successfully if nice clumps are selected and grown 

 in a frame or greenhouse one season ; it does best in a northern 

 aspect, or will do well if planted on the edge of rhododendron beds. 



Cassandra calyculata also does well in cultivation, and is easily 

 handled ; this is one of the earliest spring flowers. 



Oxydendron arboreum belongs to the Heath family ; it is a fine 

 shrub if well treated, flowering in late summer, and in autumn 

 becoming a deep red. 



Andromeda Jioribunda is a neat evergreen shrub with white 

 flowers, which are among the first to appear in spring. A. 

 ligustrina is a rather coarse shrub, with flowers not showy but 

 hardy. 



Erica carnea makes a neat plant at the edges of rhododendron 

 beds. 



No shrubs are more showy than the Kalmias, especially K. 

 latifolia; the onl}' drawback to their cultivation is a lack of shade ; 

 although they grow well in the open sunlight, the foliage becomes 

 somewhat browned in winter, especially on a thin soil. The little 

 K. angustifolia makes a nice plant in cultivation if the roots are 

 kept cool, and the same ma}- be said of K. glauca, which is the 

 prettiest and earliest of the Kalmias. 



Leiophylhcm hxixifolium is the Sand Myrtle, and a charming 

 little evergreen, hardl}' ever exceeding a foot in height. 



Ledum piahistre is another of the dwarf Ericaceae ; it has rust}' 

 foliage and white flowers. All these little ericaceous plants need 

 a good deep soil ; if it can be made light with peat and sand so 

 much the better. They are all hard}- enough, and will stand the 

 sun well if due care is taken of the roots. 



Rhododendron maximum is the latest of all rhododendrons, 

 blooming in July ; this is one of the finest shrubs to plant in the 

 vicinity of lakes or ponds, although it does well in other situa- 

 tions. The varieties of rhododendron that have Catawbiense 

 blood in them are the hardiest. I will attempt to name only a 

 few, as others here have had more experience in that line than m}*- 

 self. Those that I have are Album grandiflorum, Atrosanguineum, 

 Charles Dickens, Charles S. Sargent, Everestianum, General Grant, 



