176 THE FOREST TREE CULTURIST. 
Inrx Cassinze (Cassena. Yaupon).—Leaves lanceolate, 
oval, one to two inches long, not spiny, but simply serrate; 
native of Virginia and southward. The celebrated Yan- 
pon tea of the Carolinas is made of the leaves of this 
plant ; hardy in protected situations at the North. 
Ibex myrtirouta (Syeall-leaved Holly).—Leaves very 
narrow, and only an inch long, sharply serrate; flowers 
singly or in small clusters; Virginia and southward along 
the coast. 
ILex Danoon (a’ oon Holly).—Leaves oblong lance- 
olate, serrate, two to three inches long 
g, marghis mostly 
revolute; swamps of the Carolinas and southward. 
Ibex exasra ( Jnkberry).— Leaves oblong, slightly 
wedge-shaped, smooth, dark green; flowers small, white ; 
a low, slender shrub of no great beauty; common from 
Massachusetts to Florida along the coast; Prinos glabra 
of the old botanists. 
Katmia. (American Laurel.) 
The Kalmias are greatly admired in Europe, and ne 
gentleman’s garden would be thought to be complete with- 
out its group of American Laurels. But here, in its na- 
-tive country, it is neglected and passed by as a thing to 
be almost despised, simply because it is common in some 
localities. Occasionally we see a group in some gentle- 
man’s ground, but in most cases I fear that it is only found 
there because the owner imported it, supposing he was 
getting some foreign plant. This false taste, which admires 
a plant that comes from abroad more than one that is 
native, is, I fear, too prevalent among us. 
