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curiously cut leaves. The fact that none of these have 



come into more general cultivation would indicate that 



they have not proven themselves superior to the type. 



P. californica, as its name indicates, is a native of the 



Pacific slope, and is quite distinct from the preceding. 



The leaves are oblong, sharp-pointed, and on petioles. 



The general form is much the same, and the broad, round 



head, sometimes ten to twelve feet across, is densely 



covered with the characteristic foliage, the leaflets being 



oblong-lanceolate, sharp-pointed, and on slender petioles. 



The flowers are white or pale rose, with orange-colored 



anthers somewhat prominent. Unlike most others of this 



class they are highly fragrant. They appear in May, and 



crown the whole shrub with their upright spikes as they 



rise above the surface of green. In cultivation this variety 



usually grows from twelve to twenty feet high, but there 



are said to be specimens in its native habitat even much 



larger. 



HEDYSARUM. 



Hedysarum multijugum is an exotic, belonging to the 

 LeguminoscB, which has recently come to us from Mon- 

 golia. It has not yet been thoroughly tested either in 

 England or this country, but gives promise of being a 

 valuable addition to the list of our hardy and ornamental 

 shrubs. In the home of its adoption it seldom attains a 

 height of more than five feet. It has slender branches, 

 covered when young with minute, silky hairs which clothe 

 alike the pinnate leaves and petioles, giving the whole 

 bush a tinge of gray. The foliage suggests the tropics as 

 the place of nativity, and the blossoms add force to the 



