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Ornamental Shrubs. 



P. mariana, the stagger bush, is a small species from 

 two to four feet high, and is capable of good service in 

 enhvening the border or brightening the lawn in the early 

 season when so few hardy shrubs are in flower. It is a 

 native American, with mosth' glabrous, oval leaves two to 



PIERIS MARIANA. 



three inches long, and graceful, nodding, white flowers 

 borne on terminal, naked stems and branches in April and 

 early May. It grows wild in wet or low grounds from 

 New England to F"lorida, and westward to Texas and 

 Arkansas, and may be considered hardy throughout the 

 whole countr)'. Its foliage is believed by the farmers to 



