1106 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. TART1IJ. 



tt 1. A. POLIFO'LIA L. The Poly-leaved Andromeda, or MoorworL 



Identification. Lin. S]>., 5f>4. ; Lin. Fl. Lapp., 161. t. 1. f.,3. ; (Ed. Fl. Dan., t. 54.; Smith in Ene 

 Bot'., t.713, Pall. Fl. Ross., 1. t. 1. ; Pluk. Aim., 175. f. 1. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



Synoni/mcs. .Rhododendron wolifblium Scop. Cam , No. 482. ; wild Rosemary, Poly Mountain, 

 Marsh Cistus, Moorwort, Marsh Holy Rose ; Andromede, />. and Get: 



Engraving*. Lin. Fl. Lapp., t. I. f. 3. ; Fl. Dan., t 54. ; Eng. Bot., t. 713. ; Fl. Ross., 1. 1. 1. ; 

 Pluk. Aim., 175. f. 1. ; and our Jig. 889. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong, glaucous beneath. Corollas ovate, flesh- 

 coloured, or pale red. Segments of calyx ovate, spreading, white, some- 

 times tipped with red. (Don's Mill., iii. p. 829.) A 

 native of the northern countries of Europe, on turfy 

 bogs; as of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, 

 Germany, Britain, &c. ; of North America, in Canada 

 and Labrador, Bay of St. Lawrence, &c., in bogs, and 

 on the borders of mountain lakes ; and in New York 

 and Pennsylvania. In Britain, in mossy bogs in the 

 mountainous parts of England and Ireland, and the 

 lowlands of Scotland. It is cultivated in gardens, in 

 moist peaty soil, and it is only in such soil, and in 

 an open airy situation, that it can be preserved for any 

 length of time. Like all the species of this order, it is propagated by layers, 

 and sometimes by division. It flowers from May to September. This 

 species and the following are sometimes admitted into ericetums, as being 

 nearly allied to heaths, but in our opinion very improperly, for two reasons : 

 first, because the leaves are so much broader than those of any heath, that, 

 both in a general and a botanical point of view, they destroy the unity of 

 the whole or scene ; and, secondly, because, to grow these two andromedas 

 properly, they require to be planted in much moister peat than is suitable 

 for any species of heath. 



Varieties. The following varieties, the first of which may be considered as 

 the normal form of the species, are enumerated in Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 tt. A. p. 1 angustifd/ia Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1591., and our fig. 890., has 



narrow leaves. 



"- A. p. 2 ericmdes has the habit of a heath. 

 . A. p. Sgrandiflora Lodd. Bot. Cab.,t. 17 14., and our fig. 891., has large 



flowers. 



. A. p. 4 lafifolla Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 546., and our fig. 892., has broad 

 leaves. 



890 891 * 893 



. A. p. 5 minima has small flowers. 

 - J. p. 6 revoluta Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 725., and our fig. 893., has the 



flowers bent back. 



a. A. p. 7 scotica is common in Scotland. 

 . A p. 8 */w/ has the branches erect. 

 . 2. A. *OSMARINIFO V LIA Put'sh. The Rosemary-leaved Andromeda. 



.h Fl Ampr Sent 1 P 291.: Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 



S,!'nonyc n A. jJolYf ilia Mich*. Fl. Sor. Amcr., 2. p. '254., Pa//. F/. ^Zos*., 2. p. 53. 

 Engraving. Pall. Fl. Ross., 2. p. 53. t. 70. f. B. 



<?c Char c Leaves linear-lanceolate, convex, revolute, white beneath, 

 and canescent above. Corollas nearly globose Calycine segments oblong 

 red. Flowers white, tinged with red. (Don** AM., m. p. 829.) A shrub 

 yrowino- to the height of 1 ft. ; a native of Newfoundland and Labrador, 



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Krown* o . 



and flowering in June. It is occasionally to be met with in collections, but 



when it was introduced is uncertain. 



