No. 66. 
DAPHNE ALPINA. 
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Class» Order. 
OCTANDRIA | MONOGYNIA. 
This is a native of the Alps of Italy and 
Switzerland. It was cultivated in this coun- 
try, in 1759, by Miller. Itis a low, bushy, 
deciduous shrub, growing slowly, and rarely 
exceeding two feet in height. Its season of 
flowering is May and June. No protection 
is required for it in winter, being perfectly 
hardy. It succeeds in a loamy soil, with a 
little peat. The usual way of increasing it, 
as seeds are not often produced, is by graft- 
ing upon the Mezereon in the spring. They 
take readily by this method, and form very 
good plants, 
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