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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS cassiopb 



soil in moist peaty places, where taller 

 plants will also flourish. They may be 

 increased by seeds sown in gentle heat or 

 in cold frames in spring ; or by layers 

 of the ripened shoots in autumn ; or by 

 division of the plants in autumn or spring. 

 The contrast between the bright shining 

 green of the young leaves in spring and 

 early summer and the very deep green of 

 the older leathery leaves is very marked, 

 and the beauty of the plants is enhanced 

 when the sprays of bell-shaped blossoms 

 on red stalks appear against such a back- 

 ground. 



G. antipoda. — ^A strong-growing New 

 Zealand shrub 3-6 ft. high with very 

 leathery shortly stalked leaves, varying 

 in shape from orbicular to oblong or 

 linear lance-shaped. The small white or 

 pinkish flowers appear in summer in the 

 axils of the leaves or clustered near the 

 tips of the shoots. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



G. nummularioides. — A Himalayan 

 trailing species, with roundish, deep green 

 leaves, ciliate on the margins and chan- 

 ging to dull rose in autumn. Flowers in 

 summer, white, sometimes tinged with 

 pink, resembling those of Lily of the 

 Valley in shape. Fruit scarlet. 



Culture <tc. as above. This is a very 

 useful plant for covering sloping banks or 

 for trailing over rocks and boulders, or it 

 may be grown in large clumps in peaty 

 soil in the front of the flower border. 



G. procumbens {Ccmada Tea; Creep- 

 ing Winter Green). — A procmnbent N. 

 American species with obovate, finely 

 toothed, ciliated leaves. Flowers in July, 

 white, few, nodding. Berries red, edible. 



Culture dc. as above. The chief 

 attraction of this species lies in the dull 

 red or rosy tints of the foliage in autumn 

 and winter and the numerous red fruits. 



G. Shallon. — A procumbent hairy 

 N.W. American shrub with smooth ovate, 

 somewhat heart-shaped, serrate leaves. 

 Flowers in May, white tinged with red, 

 on one-sided downy racemes. Berries 

 purple, round, fleshy. 



Culture do. as above. 



G. trichophylla. — A pretty little 

 Himalayan species 2-3 in. high, remark- 

 able for its hairy leaves, rather large bell- 

 shaped flowers, and in autumn its big sky- 

 blue berries, ' which look like small blue 



eggs resting on the ground among the 

 minute twigs.' 



Culture dc. as above. This little 

 trailer prefers a soil composed almost 

 entirely of peat, and although it likes 

 moisture the drainage must be perfect 

 and the atmosphere pure to ensure the 

 greatest success. 



CASSANDRA.— A smaU genus of 

 evergreen shrubs, with alternate, shortly 

 stalked leaves and flowers in the axUs 

 of the upper leaves, solitary or racemose. 

 Sepals 5, free. Corolla oblong, cylindrical, 

 5-toothed. Stamens 10. Ovary round, 

 5-ribbed and 5-celled. Capsule small. 



Culture andPropagation. — Cassandras 

 thrive in moist sandy peat and loam, and 

 may be increased by seeds (which are 

 very small) or by layers in the same way 

 as the Gaultherias mentioned above. 



C. calyculata (And/romeda calyculata). 

 A Virginian swamp shrub, 1-8 ft. high, 

 with elliptic oblong, bluntish leaves, 

 obsoletely toothed, and rusty beneath. 

 Flowers in April, pure white, or tinged 

 with pink, in terminal leafy racemes. 

 C. angustifolia (or C. crispa), a native 

 of Carolina, is really a variety with linear 

 lance-shaped, acute leaves, having some- 

 what wavy edges. Flowers like those of 

 C. calyculata. 



CASSIOPE. — A genus containing 10 

 species of tufted Heath-like evergreen 

 bushes often with 4-angled, leafy stems. 

 Leaves small entire or cUiated, 3-angled 

 or deeply channelled behind, or flat and 

 awl-shaped, convex behind. Flowers 

 axillary, rarely terminal, solitary, nodding 

 or drooping, on slender stalks. Sepals 

 4-5, free. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-6-lobed. 

 Stamens 8-10-12. Ovary 4-5-celled. 

 Capsule round. 



Culture and Propagation. — Cassiopes 

 require to be grown in thoroughly well- 

 drained, sandy peat in parts of the 

 rockery where they wiU not be fully 

 exposed to the glare of the mid-day sun. 

 While disliking stagnant moisture they 

 must always have plenty of water, especi- 

 ally during the period of growth and 

 in the summer months. These plants 

 and many others belonging to the Heath 

 order are greatly benefited by a mulching 

 or top-dressing of fresh peaty soil and leaf 

 mould every winter. Owing to its organio 

 nature the soil soon becomes impoverished 

 and washed away, and the stems of the 

 plants are left exposed to the biting blasts 



