But you can know the shrub when not in flower by its 

 easily distinguishable dwarf form and its handsome, 

 beautifully smooth palmately compound leaves, made 

 up of five to seven leaflets. These leaflets are oval- 

 oblong in shape, very smooth on the uppersides, but 

 hairy on the underside. They are set close to the leaf 

 stem, that is, botanically, are nearly sessile. This dwarf 

 horsechestnut is certainly a beautiful shrub for massing 

 effects, and its midsummer bloom, fairly bursting with 

 its horns of snow, makes it a lovely pathside joy to the 

 city park rambler, jaded from the dust and glare of city 

 streets. 



Andromeda (or Leucothoe) Catesbsei. {Catesby's 

 Andromeda. No. 28.) In the early days of spring, the 

 frost white, tiny, little urn-shaped flowers of the An- 

 dromeda are among the loveliest sights of the season. 

 Down by the Terrace we found the staggerbush {An- 

 dromeda Mariana), here in the Ramble we have fine 

 masses of Catesby's Andromeda, differing from the 

 Mariana in having more pointed leaves. Catesby's An- 

 dromeda is a low-growing, spreading evergreen shrub 

 .with thick, leathery leaves, taper pointed, and swinging 

 on short stems. The leaves have almost the dark gloss 

 of laurel on the uppersides, but on the undersides are of 

 a pale, dull, lifeless green, in strong contrast with the 

 lustrous and vigorous hue of the uppersides. The leaves 

 are ovate-lanceolate in shape, roundish at the base, but 

 tapering down to a point at the tips. They are sharply 

 serrulate, and are on leaf-stems (petioles) of about half 

 an inch long. When young these leaf-stems have quite a 

 reddish cast over their green. The flowers of the shrub 



