TREES AND SHRUBS 



An evergreen shruh, 2-6 ft. ; much branched. 



Native of N. America; introduced by Lyon, 1811. Known also as Lily of 

 the Valley Tree. Syns. Andromeda floribiinda and Zenobia flor'ibunda. 



JAPAN ANDROMEDA, Pieris japonica. 



Gardens, ^Larch — June. Thrives in sandy peat. During the growing 

 season this ornamental evergreen is made especially attractive by the beautiful 

 crimson tint of its shoots, bark, and leaves. Cuttings of young shoots strike 

 readily. 



Floivcrs waxy-white, in a pendulous pcmicle of dense racevies, shortly 

 pedicellate, bracteate and bracteolate ; Calyx 5-fid, persistent, segments ovate 

 acute ; Corolla urceolate, 5-toothed, lobes recurved ; Stamens 10, included ; 

 F7-uit a capsule. 



Leaves alternate, lanceolate, narrowed at base, serrated, rather thick, 

 dark green, 2 ins. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 3-10 ft. ; much branched ; glabrous ; growth slow. 



Native of Japan (tree 30 ft.); introduced 1882. Syn. Andromeda japonica ; 

 described under this name by Thunberg in 1784. 



LING, CaUitna vnlgayis. 



Heaths, moors, gardens, July — September. Thrives in peaty soil. It 

 may be propagated by division in October or April. Cut out straggling 

 shoots after flowering. 



Floicers rose or white, small, numerous, slightly proterandrous, in a 



terminal and lateral leafy raceme ; pedicels short, drooping ; 2 pairs of opposite 



bracts, outer foliaceous, inner scarious ; CaJijX 4-partite, rosy, longer than 



corolla, embracing it, scarious, lobes obtuse; Corolla bell-shaped, deeply 



4-cleft, hypogynous, persistent, enclosing capsule, lobes triangular ; Stamens 8, 



inserted on disk, anthers short, dorsal, awned ; Ovarij 4-celled, superior, 



pubescent, style exserted, stigma dilated ; Fr}iit a capsule, 4-celled, 4-valved ; 



seeds 1-2 in each cell. 



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