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sheltered maritime recesses, and when in full flower is 

 one of the most ornamental of our native plants. There is 

 also a beautiful variegated garden form, L. a. variegata. 



Ledum (Ericaceae). 



Ledum IiAtifolium (syn L. grcerdandicvm). — Wild Rose- 

 mary, or Labrador Tea. United States, 1763. This is a 

 small shrub, reaching to about 3 feet in height, indigenous 

 to swampy ground in Canada, Greenland, and over a large 

 area of the colder parts of America. Leaves oval or oblong, 

 and plentifully produced all over the plant. Flowers pure 

 white, or slightly tinted with pink, produced in terminal 

 corymbs, and usually at their best in April. A perfectly 

 hardy, neat-growing, and abundantly-flowered shrub, but 

 one that, somehow, has gone greatly out of favour in this 

 country. This plant has been sub-divided into several 

 varieties, that are, perhaps, distinct enough to render 

 them worthy of attention. They are L. latifolium globo- 

 sum, with white flowers, borne in globose heads, on the 

 short, twiggy, and dark-foliaged branches. L. latifolium 

 angustifolia has narrower leaves than those of the species, 

 while L. latifolium intermedium is of neat growth and 

 bears pretty, showy flowers. 



L. palxjstee. — Marsh Ledum (1762). This is a common 

 European species, growing from 2 feet to 3 feet high, with 

 much smaller leaves than' the former, and small pinky- 

 white flowers produced in summer. It is an interesting 

 and pretty plant. The Ledums succeed best in cool, 

 damp, peaty soil. 



Leiophyllum (Ericaceae). 



X LeiopbttIiLTJM buxifolium (syns L. thymifolia, Amrnyrsme 

 buxifolia and Ledum buxifolium). — Sand Myrtle. New 

 Jersey and Virginia, 1736. This is a dwarf, compact 



