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dark green, and very ornamental ; the flowers wliite, 

 in panicles at the ends of the branches. The buds 

 form in the summer, and are very conspicuous all 

 winter, opening in early spring ; the white flowers 

 contrast beautifully with the dai-lc foliage. A mass 

 of tliis plant is a most attractive feature in the 

 garden. As the buds are a little liable to be winter- 

 killed Avith us, and the foliage sometimes gets 

 browned, we generally protect our plants by placing 

 over them a few evergreen boughs, with which cov- 

 ering they pass the winter uninjured, although in a 

 very exposed situation, and every spring reward us 

 by abundance of bloom. A bed of this plant, edged 

 with the hardy heath (^Gi/psocallis'), is very hand- 

 some, both plants blooming at the same time, and 

 contrasting well in color. 



In catalogues this plant is called Andromeda flori- 

 bunda, and, botanically, is more properly referred to 

 that genus. 



Figured in Bot. Eeg. 10, t. 807 ; and Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1566 ; Pax. Mag. 4, p. 101. 



LeUCOTHOB CATESBiEI. 



A very showy plant, and somewhat hardier than 

 the last described. The foliage is large, serrate, 

 coriaceous, and evergreen; the flowers white, in 

 long, drooping racemes. This species is ornamental, 

 both in the mass or as a specimen plant : we grow 

 it most successfully both ways, and regard it as 

 one of the most desirable American plants. Its 

 height is from one to three feet; and the slender 



