ERICACEi^: 



MARSH ROSEMARY, Andromeda poUfoUa. 



Peaty bogs, gardens. May — August. Requires peaty soil. It is a lovely 

 dwarf rock plant, best in the South of England, where it flowers as early 

 as April. Propagated by layers of shoots pegged down till rooted, detached 

 after 12-18 months; seeds in peaty soil in autumn or spring. 



Floxvers pink, drooping, in a short terminal raceme or cluster, pedicels 

 ^-1 in., slender, red; Calyx small, deeply 5-lobed, obtuse ; Corolla hypogynous, 

 ovoid, \ in. long, 5-lobed, reflexed ; Stamens 10, hypogynous, included, 

 filaments bearded, awned ; Ovary 5-celied, superior, stigma simple ; Fruit a 

 capsule, erect, 5-lobed, 5-celled, 5-valved, sub-globose. 



Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, revolute, coriaceous, dark glossy 

 green above, glaucous beneath, |^-1| in. long, petiole short. 



An evergreen s/niib, G-18 ins.; glabrous; Stem ascending, rooting at base; 

 Branches sub-erect, twiggy ; Bark smooth, brown ; Buds scaly. 



Native of Britain. Known also as Moorwort. Generic name is mythical, 

 referring to Andromeda, the daughter of an Ethiopian king, rescued from 

 a sea-monster by Perseus, who married her. Syn. Andromeda rosmarinifoUa. 



AMERICAN ANDROMEDA, Pieris floribunda. 



Gardens. April — June. Tiiis handsome evergreen spring-flowering shrub 

 is best in a ftiirly rich loam or moist peat, and sheltered from cutting winds. 

 Tt may be propagated by seed, layers, or cuttings, but the last two methods 

 are slow, layers usually requiring 12 months before transjilanting. 



Floivers pure white, resembling Lily of tlie ^^alley, formed in autumn, 

 expanding in April, in an axillary and terminal panicle of dense secund racemes ; 

 Corolla urceolate, 5-angled ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves alternate, ovate, or oblong-lanceolate, acute, finely serrulated, 



adpressedly ciliated, glabrous, coriaceous, deep glossy green, 1^-2 ins. long. 



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