Ornamental Shrubs. 



feet, but as usually seen, its proportions are very much 

 less. It has a slender stem, with branches in twos or 

 threes in imperfect whorls. The leaves are scattered, 

 though often in tufts, from two to four inches long, rather 

 narrow, acute at each extremity, glossy green, coriaceous, 

 and continuing during the winter even in the coldest cli- 

 mates. Few or no plants produce more lovely blossoms, 



which appear in June and 

 July, and in thus follow- 

 ing the rhododendrons and 

 most of the azaleas, are of 

 the most effective service 

 in keeping up a succession. 

 They are in terminal heads 

 on flower stalks an inch or 

 more long. The color of 

 the corolla varies from a 

 pure white to a rich rose, 

 with numerous shadings be- 

 tween the two. The border 

 of the tube is painted with a waving, rosy line, and the pen- 

 cilling is as delicate as can well be conceived. The wonder 

 is that a shrub of so great hardiness and such charming 

 flower is not planted much more largely than it is. It is 

 more easily grown than the rhododendron and Is in no- 

 wise less desirable. It is suggested that the difficulty ex- 

 perienced in removing plants from the woods to private 

 grounds, and the many failures in that direction, have 

 created the impression that it is unusually fickle and cannot 

 be depended upon. But, as a matter of fact, it is no more so 



BROAD-LEAVED LAUREL. 



(kALMIA LATIFOLIA.) 



