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LEDUM BUXIFOLIUM. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Our present subject is of humble growth, 
seldom rising higher than six inches or a foot: 
it has been long introduced from North 
America, and is tolerably hardy. It is an 
evergreen, and its delicate flowers are pro- 
duced in May, when the plants are com- 
pletely covered over with them. They may 
be kept either in pots or in the ground, in 
sandy peat earth, and should be sheltered a 
little from the winds. They admit of propa- 
gation both by layers and cuttings; but the 
process in either case is ee as they 
grow very slowly. 
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