ERICACEAE 3j3 



The other, E. carnea, is known in Romance Switz- 

 erland as Bruyere d'Ollon. A small, trailing bush; 

 branches ascendent, furnished above with small, linear, 

 evergreen, needle-shaped leaves, dark green in colour; 

 numerous vivid pink flowers with long tubes, in terminal 

 spikes. Flowers in early spring, after the melting of the 

 snow. Both the type and a variety with white flowers 

 are alike charming and favourite garden plants, flower- 

 ing as early as January. Requires full sun and light soil. 



Azalea or Loiseleuria 



Jl. procumbent. A trailing, miniature shrub, with 

 depressed branches, covering in the high alpine zone 

 (i 500-2700 m.) vast areas with tufts of shining, reddish 

 foliage. Leaves numerous, small, ovate, margins revolute, 

 lasting through winter; flowers small, bright rose, 2-4 in 

 subcorymbose clusters. July-August. 



Arctostaphylos 



Eng. : Bear-berry ; Fr. : Arbousier ; Ger. : Barentraube. 



The neat habit and elegant box-like foliage of these 

 plants makes them admirably suited for rockeries in peaty 

 loam. A further recommendation is that the leaves are 

 usually evergreen and the berries of the most ornamental 

 species (Jl. TJevadensis and A. liva Ursi) remain on the 

 plant till winter. Both are very easy and do well in any 

 soil. Jl. alpina does best on margins of boggy land. 

 They are distinguished by the five divisions of the calyx 

 and of the corolla, the latter of which is globular with 

 reflexed lobes ; the stamens number ten ; the berry is 

 globular. 



