130 OTHER AMERICAN PLANTS. 



America, of the White Mountains, and some parts 

 of Europe. It is very ornamental, and will thrive 

 in cool, moist soil. The flowers are bluish-purple, 

 nodding, and charmingly pretty. The proper name 

 of the plant is Phyllodoce taxifolia. There is also 

 another species, P. or M. empefriformis, with pale 

 'red flowers. 



See figures in Lodd. Cab. t. 164, and Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3176. 



The species of Dabcecia, pretty heath-like plants 

 with showy flowers, but not hardy with us, are some- 

 times called 3Iensietia. 



The Oalluna. 



This plant, the "Heather" of Europe, is hardy 

 enough to endure our winters. Blooming in July, 

 when flowers are not plenty, it forms a most attrac- 

 tive border to a clump of evergreens. The plant is 

 low-growing, with heath-like foliage, and when in 

 bloom is a mass of flower. The species 0. vulgaris 

 is a native of Europe, but has been found growing 

 wild near Boston, the locality being such as to leave 

 little doubt as to its being indigenous. The flowers 

 are rose-colored ; but there are garden varieties of 

 every shade from red to white, one with double flow- 

 ers and one with golden foliage. All these are 

 easily grown along the borders of Rhododendron- 

 beds, and with a slight covering of pine-needles in 

 winter escape entirely uninjured. 



They can be imported for about three dollars a 

 dozen. 



Figured in Eng. Bot. 15, t. 1013 ; aiid in Bax. 

 Brit. Bot. 1, t. 76. 



