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ing the new shade until autumn. The llowers are white, 

 and in terminal racemes, small, but sufficiently numerous 

 to make the bush attractive, and to justify a greater use 



ITEA VIRQINICA 



of the plant than it now has. They appear in the middle 

 of June. Though supposed to be a distinctively southern 

 plant, the itea is found to grow wild in New Jersey, and 

 may be safely used much farther north. 



VITEX— Chaste Tree. 



OF the vitex there are only one or two species 

 sufficiently hardy to withstand the rigors of our 

 northern climate. The genus is of the order 

 VerbenacecF, and contains not far from sixty species, mostly 

 classed as greenhouse or stove plants. V. agiiiis-casttis, 

 though supposed to be too tender for garden cultivation 

 north of Washington or Philadelphia, is, nevertheless. 



