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Ornamental Shrubs. 



submerged in early sprino- or after heavy rains. But it is 

 known that the plant does equall)' well, even if not better, 

 in o-arden soils such as are suitable to the rhododendrons 

 and other peat-loving plants. It grows with a slender, 



CLETHRA ALNIFOLIA. 



Straight stem, not much branched, the bark being at first 

 lio-ht ereen and downy, but afterward becominor a dark 

 purple and often striped with gray. The leaves are in- 

 versely egg-shaped and slightly pubescent, while the blos- 

 soms are borne in terminal racemes and from the axils of 

 the upper leaves and side shoots. They are large, white, 

 and very showy, and when present in masses never fail to 



