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among those we designate as shrubs there are some that 
produce such beautiful flowers, that to pass them by would 
be like passing diamonds and picking up iron when look- 
ing for ornaments. 
ANDROMEDA FLORIBUNDA.—Leaves lanceolate, pointed, 
about two inches long; flowers in dense racemes, pure 
white, somewhat urn-shape, about three eighths of an inch 
long; a beautiful, slow-growing evergreen shrub, native 
of the mountains of Virginia and southward. It is quite 
hardy in most of the Northern States, but is not very plen 
tiful in cultivation, probably owing to its slow growth and 
the difficulty experienced by our nurserymen in propagat- 
ing it. It may be grown from seed, the same as other 
evergreens, also from layers; but the best way is to grow 
it from green cuttings in a propagating-house or hot-beds. 
It is well worthy of more extensive cultivation. 
ANDROMEDA POLIFOLIA. — Leaves lanceolate, smooth, 
thick, with a revolute margin, white beneath ; a small shrub, 
seldom two feet high; grows in cold, wet soils; not so hand- 
some as A, floribunda. : 
Arcrostapuyitos Uva-ursa (Bearberry).—A low, trails 
ing shrub with thick evergreen leaves and red fruit, com- 
mon on rocky, barren hills in New. Jersey and westward ; 
propagated from seed, layers, or from green cuttings. 
Berserts Aquiirotium (Mahonia. Evergreen Bar- 
berry).—Leaves pinnate, with sharp prickles; berries blue, 
remaining on the bush until mid-winter; a very pretty 
shrub from Oregon; sueceeds well in the shade; propa. 
gated by layers or cuttings of the young wood. 
Buxus (.Bo:).—-Althougn we have no indigenous plants 
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