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GLAUCOUS AMERICAN LAUREL, Kalmh gJanca. 



Gardens, shrubberies. April, May. 



Flotveis purplish-pink, ^-r. in. diam., in a terminal vntJ)eUatc corymb, 

 1-13 flowers, pedicels filiform ; Calijx 5-partite, lobes ovate, scarious-coriaceous, 

 much imbricated, persistent ; Corolla 5-lobed, with cavities for anthers ; 

 Stamens 10, anthers brown ; Ovarii .5-celled ; Fruit a capsule, .5-valved. 

 depressed-globose, glabrous. 



Leaves opposite, or rarely in threes, 1 in. long, oblong or linear-oblong, 

 nearly sessile, obtuse or acute, margins entire, strongly revolute, dark green 

 above, glaucous white beneath, 1-2 ins. long, ^ in. wide. 



An evergreen shrub, 1-3 ft. ; Stem straggling ; Bra?ic/ies opposite, or Avhorls 

 of three ; Bark greenish-brown, smooth. 



Introduced from N. America, 1767. 



CALICO BUSH, Kalmia latifoUa. 



Gardens, shrubberies. INIay — July. " Few flowering shrubs can surpass this 

 Kalmia for beauty when at the zenith of its loveliness. Each delicately 

 fashioned, cupped blossom, of which Ruskin wrote so appreciatively, is 

 a marvel of perfect form, and the large clusters, ranging in colour from 

 white to soft pink, almost hide the shining, lance-shaped leafage in their 

 profusion." — llie Garden, liest in sandy peat, or light, friable loam and 

 leaf soil. 



Floivers white, tinted with pink, nearly 1 in. diam., in a many-flowered 

 compoiuid terminal corymb; pedicels red or green, covered Avith dark sciu-fy 

 scales ; glandularly hirsute ; bracts persistent, acute ; 2 minute bracteoles ; 

 Calyx 5-partite, rose-coloured, segments linear, acute, viscid-pubescent ; 

 Corolla sub-hypocrateriform, 5-lobed, each lobe with 2 small pockets for 

 anthers, viscid-pubescent ; Stamens 10, epipetalous, filaments white, anthers 

 rose, pores at apex, immature anthers held down in pockets ; Ovary 5-celled 



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