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regarded as distinct genera? and the student must look for the 

 other shrubs and trees still frequently known as "Andromeda," under 

 Oxydendron, Pieris, Lyonia, Leucothoe, Cassine, Cassiope, Zenobia, and 





ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA 



Enkianthus. The above, or true Andromeda, is propagated by division, 

 by seed, and by cuttings. The last should be put in peaty, sandy soil 

 under a cloche, but they do not take root readily. 



ANTHYLLIS, KIDNEY VETCH. LEGUMINOS^E. 



Two attractive shrubs belonging to this genus are cultivated in gardens 

 one unfortunately too tender to withstand our winters unprotected. 

 The most distinctive botanical feature of the genus is the persistent 

 calyx, which, after the petals fall, becomes more or less inflated and 

 encloses'the seed-pod. The flowers are aggregated in umbellate clusters. 

 Neither of these shrubs needs a rich soil, but rather a warm, well-drained 

 one, and abundant sunshine. 



A. BARBA-JOVIS, Linnceus. JUPITER'S BEARD, SILVER ^Busn. 



An evergreen shrub, growing 8 to 12 ft. high on walls in this country; 

 branchlets crooked, covered with appressed, silky hairs= Leaves pinnate, 

 i \ to 2 ins. long, composed of nine to about nineteen leaflets. Leaflets 

 linear-oblong, \ to I in. long ; covered with silvery hairs, especially beneath 

 and at the edges, which towards the base are often incurved. Flowers pea- 



