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70 {{ALTHEA. Hibiscus Syriacus. fl. plena. Mthea frutex. 



A native of Asia, but bears the winters of Boston perfectly well. 

 One of the most ornamental of all shrubs, rising to the height of from 

 six to twenty feet. The leaves are three-lobed. The chief varieties 

 of the Double Althea are the Double Blue, Double Purple, Double 

 Red, Double White Striped, or Pheasant Eyed, and Double White, &c. 

 &c. This last does not flower well in the latitude of Boston. The 

 Altheas commence flowering not long after the hardy roses are gone 

 and continue blooming till late in autumn. They are very beauti- 

 ful, and indispensable in every good garden. 



71. {{AZALEA. 



This variety of honeysuckle is much admired. The pink and the 

 white are the most common, and are natives of our woods ; they 

 are extremely fragrant and beautiful when in bloom. The varie- 

 ties known in cultivation may exceed a hundred. 



72. CALYCANTHUS. C.floridus. Allspice, or Sweet-scented Shrub. 

 A hardy shrub, rising six or eight feet in height ; the flowers are 



of a brown purple or dark red, of an agreeable odor, like spices. 

 The leaves and the wood are very fragrant. 



73. {CHINESE CALYCANTHUS. 



A variety with white flowers ; there is another Chinese variety 

 with yellow flowers. 



74. {WEEPING CHERRY. See page 223. 



75. {COLUTEA. 



Of this shrub there are the Colutea arborescens, with clusters of 

 yellow flowers during summer and seed in a thin, inflated, mem- 

 braneous case ; also the C. Pococki, with dark yellow flowers. Both 

 are ornamental. 



76. MISSOURI or JEFFERSON CURRANT. Ribes Missouriensis. 

 A shrub rising to the height of six feet, with clusters of bright 



yellow flowers, of a fragrant odor in spring. 



77. INDIAN CURRANT. Symphoria glomerata. 



A low shrub ; the leaves are very small, oval ; the fruit, for which 

 alone it is remarkable, is profusely clustered on the branches, and of 

 a red color, but not eatable. 



78. {PROFUSE FLOWERING CURRANT. Ribes multi/lorum. 

 Has long bunches of flowers, and is but little known. 



79. {SNOWY FLOWERING CURRANT. Ribes niveum. 



Flowers white, pendent, and abundant, and ornamental. The 

 fruit is black. A fine, hardy, ornamental shrub, brought by 

 Douglass from the N. W. Coast. See CURRANT. 



80. DIRCA PALUSTRIS. 



Leather Wood, so called from the uncommon flexibility of the tree 

 and its branches. It rises from four to six feet, in form of a tree ; 

 the flowers are yellowish white ; the leaves are oval. 



81. BLOODY DOGWOOD. Cornus sanguined. Red-twigged Dog- 



wood. 



The flowers are produced in clusters, but neither these nor the 



