OTHER AMERICAN PLANTS. 133 



A. glauca is the " Mazaneta " of California, and 

 varies in size from a tall shrub in the low country 

 to a very low creeping bush far up above the snow- 

 line. The flowers are pink and very handsome, the 

 foliage clear glaucous green, the bush red. Alto- 

 gether the plant is very ornamental, and if hardy 

 will prove a great addition to our shrubbery. We 

 have plants sent from California now on trial. 



C^HE EPIGiBA. ' 



There is but one species, E. repens, the " Trail- 

 ing Arbutus," " Ground Laurel," or " May Flower," 

 almost too well known to need description. Neat 

 in habit and foliage, deliciously fragrant in flower, 

 and blooming at a season when it is especially attrac- 

 tive, this charming plant is seldom found in cultiva- 

 tion. We are told " it cannot be grown in gardens," 

 yet nothing is easier. 



Obtain good plants, either from the woods or by 

 importation, in early spring, or any time after Au- 

 gust; plant them in your Rhododendron-bed, and 

 your work is done. They will increase, carpet the 

 ground, give you flower year after year, and ask 

 you for no attention. 



There is not in the whole floral kingdom a more 

 attractive flower, and it loses none of its wild-wood 

 beauty when we take it to our homes. 



The flowers vary much in size and color, and, in 

 planting, the largest and most highly colored should 

 be selected. Plants may also be raised from seed. 



Figured in And. Bot. Rep. 102; Lodd. Cab. t. 

 160 ; Bot. Reg. 3, t. 201 ; Sweet, Fl. G. 2, t. 384. 



