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branches, drooping with the weight of the flowers, 

 are extremely showy. It is very hardy, never win- 

 ter-killed, and never fails to flower abundantly. It 

 thrives in a rich loam, but is impatient of drought : 

 we grow it in beds of peaty loam, in a northern 

 exposure ; but if the roots are not allowed to dry, it 

 will stand the full sunshine. A native of Virginia, 

 and southward along the mountains. Known also 

 as Andromeda Catesbcei and spinulosa, and as L. 

 spimdosa. 



Figured in Bot. Mag. 1. 1955 ; Lodd. Cab. 1. 1320. 



Leucothoe axillaris. 



A pretty species, but by no means so showy a 

 plant as those we have described. The flowers are 

 white, in axillary spikes or racemes. A native of 

 the low country of Virginia and southward, and 

 probalily tender in New England. 



Figured as -Andromeda axillaris in Bot. ilag. t. 

 2:;.37. 



There are other species, some of which are tender; 

 and others, although' hardy, are not sufficiently 

 ornamental to be worthy of cultivation, except in 

 lai'ge collections. L. racemosa is the best of these, 

 and is worthy of a place in the shrubbery : it is a 

 liardy native plant. 



The Cassandra. 



Q. calyculata is a hardy shrub, very common in 

 swamps. The foliage is rusty, and not ornamental ; 



