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It is interesting to observe how persistently this Kalmia 

 retains the seed capsules of each season's growth. 



If fruiting branches of this little shrub be carefully examined, 

 it will be noted that several clusters of small, closely crowded 

 capsules appear along the stalk, as shown in the accompanying 

 photograph. Each cluster is the growth of a single season, and 

 as the capsules are strongly persistent, clusters several years 

 old may be present. The accompanying illustration shows 

 two stalks with a few capsules still adhering from the growth of 

 the season of 1907, together with clusters of each succeeding 

 year including the present season of 1910. The uppermost 

 cluster of capsules represents the present season's growth, and 

 is of a rich, reddish-brown color, which becomes a dull, faded 

 grey in older clusters longer exposed to weathering influences. 



The beautiful, showy rose-red flowers of early summer are 

 closely arranged in whorls of little corymbs in the axils of the 

 persistent, last year's leaves. Later in the season following the 

 appearance of the clustered capsules these subtending leaves 

 are shed and the leafy shoot of the present season surmounts 

 the topmost capsule cluster, as shown in the photograph. These 

 new leaves persist through the winter, and from their axils will 

 appear the flowers and seed-capsules of the next season. 



Kalmia angustifolia flourishes in open, damp situations through- 

 out New England. In certain open hilly pastures it becomes 

 especially luxuriant. The rare beauty of its clustered, deep 

 rose-red flowers in early summer together with the green, per- 

 sistent leaves, the neat, compact, massing habit of growth, and 

 its hardy adaptability should highly recommend this Kalmia 

 to cultivation. 



Department of Agriculture 



REVIEWS 



The Origin of the Coco Palm* 



Having described a new species of Glaziova, founded upon a 



specimen growing in the Botanical Garden at Buitenzorg, but 



*Glaziova Treubiana nouvelle espece de Coco'inee, avec observations sur le genre 

 Cocos. Par O. Becarri. Annales du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, 2e Serie, 

 Suppl. III. Pp. 791-806, Plate and text figures. Leide, 1910. 



