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EVERGREEN SHRUBS. _ 177 
There is certainly no evergreen shrub more beautiful, 
ner one that deserves more attention, than our native 
broad-leaved Kalmia. It is said to be difficult to trans- 
plant, but I have not found it so even with plants twenty 
to thirty years old. To sclect plants from a thick wood for 
planting in an open garden is certainly not judicious, but 
the plants should be placed in a similar soil and situation 
as the one from which they were taken. It is also best to 
transplant just after a rain, and take them up with as much 
soil adhering to their roots as possible. If but few roots 
are saved, then it is best to eut them back severely when 
planted, as there is no evergreen shrub which produces 
new shoots more freely when cut back than the Laurel. 
The Laurels may be grown from seed, but they grow very . 
slowly, and it will requirc several years for the seedlings 
to become plants of any great size. Layers made of the 
young wood emit roots quite freely. 
Karma wLatiroiia (Mountain Lawirel).—Leaves oval- 
lanceolate, tapering to both enas, bright green; flowers 
piuk or white, bell-shaped in large terminal clusters, pro- 
duced in May and June; shrubs six to fifteen feet high; 
Maine to Georgia; grows in dry, rocky soils, also in poor 
sandy soils, although it grows more rapidly in that which 
is moist and deep; suitable for shady situations. It is — 
very common in the States of Pennsylvania and New 
Jersey. - 
Kaumra ancustiroxta (Sheep Laurel). 
Leaves oblong, 
small, light green above, pale green or whitish underneath ; 
flovrers deep rose, in small lateral clusters almost surround- 
ing the last scason’s growth; plant one to three feet high; 
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