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There are other native species, which are desirable 

 in collections ; but none of them are so showy as. 

 those we have mentioned. 



The very beautiful Andromeda floribunda has 

 been described under the genus Leucothoe. 



The Daphne. 



Of this extensive genus, to which the well-known 

 greenhouse plant D. odora belongs, but two are 

 hardy in New England : one of these, D. Mezereon, 

 is a common shrub in the spring garden, and pro- 

 duces its purple or white flowers with the early 

 crocus. It is a very hardy plant, growing freely in 

 good garden soil, and is ornamental in flower, 

 foliage, and fruit. There is also an autumn- 

 blooming variety. 



Daphne cneorum 



Is the most attractive of the hardy species. It 

 is a low-growing plant, with evergreen foliage and 

 terminal umbels of fragrant, pink flowers, which 

 are produced in great profusion in early spring. 

 Although indigenous to Central Europe, it is perfectly 

 hardy with us, and is a most useful plant for low 

 beds or for the borders of the shrubbery. The fra- 

 grance of the flowers is so strong as to be almost 

 unpleasant in a close room, but in the garden they 

 perfume the air delightfully. They open in sunny 

 exposures in April, and, by a little care in having 

 plants in different places, may be had in bloom far 



