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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



wide, 5-7 in a cluster. June. Cyprus Rockeose (.30) — Cis- 

 tus cyprius. 

 A. Glutinous shrub to 4 feet; flowers with yellow center (in var. 

 macuUtus dark crimson), 3-4 inches wide, usually solitary, 

 June. Gum Cistus (.31) — Cistus ladanlferus. 

 A. Shrub to 6 feet; leaves 1-2J inches long, whitish or brownish 

 below ; flowers yellow-blotched, 2-3 inches wide, 3-8 in a cluster. 

 June to August. The hardiest species. Laurel-leaved Cistus 

 (32) — Cistus lauri£6Uus. 

 * Leaves feather-veined; flowers lJ-2 inches wide. Shrub 3-4 feet; 

 leaves rough above and very velvety below, 1-2 inches long ; 

 flowers purple or red usually on long stems, 1-3 in a cluster. May, 

 June. A variable species with many named forms. Hairy 

 Cistus (33) — Cistus vill6sus. [Seeds.] 



Hudsbnia. The Hudsonias are hardy evergreen shrubs 1 foot high 

 with small awl-shaped heath-like leaves. The flowers are small, yellow, 



Fig. .34. — Woolly 

 Hudsonia. 



Fig. 35. — German 

 Tamarisk. 



abundant, blooming from May to July. These plants are so difficult to 

 keep in health that they are seldom found in cultivation, though wild 

 in sandy coast regions from Maine to Virginia. 



