KALMIA 



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nearly all its leaves in severe weather, and is, perhaps, seen to best advantage 



Planted thinly with an undergrowth of some dwarf peat-loving evergreen like 

 .eiophyllum or Bruckenthalia. 



K. GLAUCA, Alton. PALE LAUREL. 



(Dot. Mag., t. 177 ; K. polifolia, Wangenheim.') 

 An evergreen shrub, I to 2 ft. high, of rather thin, erect, bifurcating habit, 



KALMIA GLAUCA. 



but bushy ; young shoots two-edged, covered with a fine down at first. Leaves 

 opposite in pairs, or in threes ; narrowly oblong or ovate ; f to li ins. long, 

 \ to $ in. wide ; recurved at the margins, tapering at both ends ; dark lustrous 

 green above, and smooth except on the midrib ; lower surface glaucous white ; 

 stalk t V in. long, appressed to the stem. Flowers in a terminal, flattish cluster, 

 I or li'ins. across ; produced late in April. Corolla saucer-shaped, about in. 

 across^ with five broad, shallow lobes, of a beautiful pale purplish rose ; stamens 



