EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 181 
Raopopenpron CaTawsrense (Rose Bay). — Leaves 
oval or oblong, rounded at both ends, smooth, dark green 
above, and pale green beneath, three to five inches long ; 
flowers lilac purple, in large, round terminal clusters; very 
showy, and the most beautiful native species. Grows 
from three to six feet high, and native of the Alleghanies 
and to the southward.along the mountains. 
RuopopENDRON Lapponicum (Lapland Rose).—Leaves 
very small, elliptical, obtuse, dotted on both sides; 
branches with rusty scales; flowers violet purple, bell- 
shaped, in small clusters; a low-spreading shrub, three to 
six feet high; in Northern New York and eastward to 
Maine. 
%H0DODENDRON PUNCTATUM (Spotted Laurel).—Leaves 
elliptical, acute at both ends, two to five inches long, 
smooth, with small resinous globules on the under side ; 
flowers rose color, spotted within, in large clusters ; shrub 
four to six feet high; North Carolina and southward. 
Taxus Canapensis (American Yew, Ground Hemlock). 
—Leaves linear, green on both sides; seed a round, bright 
red berry very ornamental. A low, wide-spreading shrub, 
usually found in rocky situations in the shade; propagated 
from layers or cuttings; seeds seldom grow until they 
have been in the ground two years; a handsome ever- 
green shrub found on the Alleghanies and to the north- 
ward along the banks of streams. Common on the high- 
lands of the Hudson River. 
There are many more evergreen shrubs and plants that 
might be added, but the foregoing will be found to con- 
tain the most beautiful of our native species, and a sufli- 
