GAULTHERIA 581 



Kew it thrives well in a damp bed of peat in one of the recesses of the rock 

 garden, where it has not suffered from cold since the frosts of February 1895. 

 Its roundish leaves, closely and regularly set in two rows, and gradually 

 decreasing in size towards the end of the shoot, with the slender, conspicuously 

 bristly stems, render it quite distinct from any other plant in cultivation. 

 Increased by cuttings. 



G. PROCUMBENS, Linnceus. CREEPING WINTERGREEN. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 1966.) 



A low, tufted evergreen shrub, growing 2 to 6 ins. high, spreading by 

 creeping roots, from which it sends up slender stems naked except at the top, 

 where they carry a cluster of about four leaves ; stems at first downy, after- 

 wards smooth and glossy. Leaves dark glossy green, thick and leathery, quite 

 smooth, obovate or oval, f to i^ ins. long, \ to ^ in. wide ; faintly toothed, the 

 teeth often bristle-tipped; they have a strong aromatic odour and taste like that 

 of birch, and turn reddish as winter approaches ; stalk \ in. long. Flowers 

 produced in July and August, singly in the leaf-axils and at the top of the stem. 

 Corolla ovate-cylindrical, in. long, nodding, pinkish white; calyx-lobes broadly 

 ovate, edged with tiny hairs ; flower-stalk downy, j in. long, decurved. Fruit 

 bright red, globose, \ in. wide, with a pleasant, rather insipid taste. 



Native of Eastern N. America ; introduced in 1762. It has there a variety 

 of popular names such as " box-berry," " creeping wintergreen, 5 ' and, because 

 of the fondness of partridges for the berries, "partridge-berry." An oil is 

 extracted from it which possesses stimulating and tonic properties, but is now 

 largely adulterated with birch-oil. As a garden plant it is very pleasing for the 

 cheerful dark green of its lustrous leaves, forming neat close tufts. It makes a 

 pleasing undergrowth pr furnishing beneath thin deciduous shrubs Owing 

 to the leaves in a great measure hiding the drooping flowers and fruit, its 

 attractiveness is almost wholly in the habit and foliage. 



G. SHALLON, Pursh. SALAL, SHALLON. 



(Bot. Mag., t. 2843.) 



An evergreen shrub, 2 to 6 ft. high, forming a dense thicket of stems, and 

 spreading by means of underground suckers ; young branches reddish and 

 bristly, becoming rough with age. Leaves leathery, broadly ovate, the base 

 rounded or heart-shaped, the apex always sharply pointed ; evenly and finely 

 bristle-toothed ; \\ to 4 ins. long, f to 2^ ins. wide ; stalk reddish, hairy, 

 \ to J in. long. Flowers produced during May and June in viscid, glandular 

 racemes \\ to 4 ins. long, at the end of the previous year's shoots, and in the 

 axils of several terminal leaves ; each flower produced from the axil of a 

 hooded, ovate bract, in. long. Corolla pinkish white, egg-shaped, downy, 

 f in. long, five-toothed at the mouth ; calyx white, its lobes triangular, downy, 

 pressed to the corolla. Fruit a juicy, top-shaped, hairy berry, dark purple, 

 | in. wide, carrying many tiny seeds, and pleasantly flavoured ; the calyx 

 adheres at the base. 



Native of Western N. America ; introduced by Douglas in 1826. This 

 useful and handsome shrub is one of the best we have for forming a dense 

 evergreen thicket in moist, shady spots. It can be propagated by seeds, which 

 it ripens in great numbers, also by division of the old plants, but to do the 

 latter advantageously it is necessary to plant the pieces in a few inches of 

 sandy soil on a hot-bed. Broken up and planted in the open ground the pieces 

 take long to recover. It may be recommended as cover for game. 



