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INDIGOFERA 



slender stalk |- in. long, the oblong standard petal white, lined with pale crimson 

 towards the base ; wing-petals pink. Calyx with broadly triangular lobes. 



Native of China and perhaps Japan ; introduced about 1845 by Fortune, 



INDIGOFERA DECORA. 



who found it growing in the gardens of Shanghai. It is a charming dwaff 

 shrub, flowering freely in July and August, its shoots being mostly cut back to 

 the ground in winter. It is not adapted for rough treatment, and should be 

 given a front place in the shrubbery, or even a place in the rock garden, 



