140 OTHER AMERICAN PLANTS. 



branches, drooping with the weight of the flowers, 

 are extremely showy. It is very hardy, never win- 

 ter-killed, and never fails to flower abundantly. It 

 thrives in a rich loam, but is impatient of drought : 

 we grow it in beds of peaty loam, in a northern 

 exposure ; but if the roots are not allowed to dry, it 

 will stand the full sunshine. A native of Virginia, 

 and southward along the mountains. Known also 

 as Andromeda Catesbcei and spinulosa, and as L. 

 spinulosa. 

 Figured in Bot. Mag. 1. 1955 ; Lodd. Cab. 1. 1320. 



Leucothoe axillaris. 



A pretty species, but by no means so showy a 

 plant as those we have described. The flowers are 

 white, in axillary spikes or racemes. A native of 

 the low country of Virginia and southward, and 

 probably tender in New England. 



Figured as Andromeda axillaris in Bot. Mag. t. 

 2357. 



There are other species, some of which are tender; 

 and others, although hardy, are not sufficiently 

 ornamental to be worthy of cultivation, except in 

 large collections. L. racemosa is the best of these, 

 and is worthy of a place in the shrubbery : it is a 

 hardy native plant. 



The Cassandra. 



0. calyculata is a hardy shrub, very common in 

 swamps. The foliage is rusty, and not ornamental ; 



