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A K HO RETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



«. 1. A. /'oi,ifo v lia L. The Poly-leaved Andromeda, or Moor wort. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 564. ; Lis. FL Lapp., ltil. 1. 1. f.,3. ; (Ed. Fl. Dan., t. 54.; Smith in Eng. 



Bot., t. 71 :'., : Pall. FL Ross., 1. t. 1. ; Pluk. Aim., 175. f. 1. : Don's Mill., 3. p. 829. 

 Synonymes. rhododendron politolium Scop. Cam, No. 482. ; wild Rosemary, Poly Mountain, 



' Marsh Cistus, Moorwort, Marsh Holy Rose ; Andromede, Fr. and Ger. 

 Engravings. Lin. FL Lapp., t. 1. t. 3. ; FL Dan., t. 5-1. ; Eng. Bot., t. 713. ; Fl. Ross., 1. t. 1. ; 



Pluk. Aim., 175. f. 1. ; and ova Jig. 889. 



Spec. Char., $c. Leaves oblong, glaucous beneath. Corollas ovate, flesh- 

 coloured, or pale red. Segments of calyx ovate, spreading, white, some- 

 times tipped with red. (Don's Mill./m. p. 829.) A 

 native of the northern countries of Europe, on turfy 

 bogs ; as of Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, 

 Germany, Britain, &c.j of North America, in Canada 

 and Labrador, Bay of St. Lawrence, &c, in bogs, and 

 on the borders of mountain lakes; and in New York 

 and Pennsylvania. In Britain, in mossy bogs in the 

 mountainous parts of England and Ireland, and the 

 lowlands of Scotland. It is cultivated in gardens, in 

 moist peaty soil, and it is only in such soil, and in 

 an open airy situation, that it can be preserved for any 

 length of time. Like all the species of this order, it is propagated by layers, 

 and sometimes by division. It flowers from May to September. This 

 species and the following are sometimes admitted into ericetums, as being 

 nearly allied to heaths, but in our opinion very improperly, for two reasons : 

 first, because the leaves are so much broader than those of any heath, that, 

 both in a general and a botanical point of view, they destroy the unity of 

 the whole or scene ; and, secondly, because, to grow these two andromedas 

 properly, they require to be planted in much moister peat than is suitable 

 for any species of heath. 



Varieties. The following varieties, the first of which may be considered as 

 the normal form of the species, are enumerated in Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 

 t*. A. p. 1 angustifolia Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 1591., and our fig. 890., has 



narrow leaves. 

 **- A. p. 2 ericoides has the habit of a heath. 

 «- A. p. 3 grandifiora Lodd. Bot. Cab., 1. 1714., and our^g. 891., has large 



flowers, 

 n. A. p. 4 latifolia Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 546., and our fig. 892., has broad 

 leaves. 



890 891 892 893 



n. A. p. 5 minima has small flowers. - 



c A. p. 6 revolida Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 725., and our fig. 893., has the 



flowers bent back. 

 o_ A. p. 7 scotica is common in Scotland. 

 n. A. p. 8 striata has the branches erect. 

 «. 2 A /<osmarinifo v lia Pursh. The Rosemary-leaved Andromeda. 



i'nuruvu,^. Pall. 11. BOM , 2. p. 53. t. 70. t. B. 



foec Char Sec Leaves linear-lanceolate, convex, revolute, white beneath, 



( ;;1 ,;',, (;I1 t above. Corollas nearly globose Calycine segments oblong 



red. Flowers white, tinged with red. {Don's MM m. p. 829.) A shrub 



owinfi to the height of 1ft.; a native of Newfound and and Labrador, 



Jnd flowering in June. U is occasionally to be met with in collections, but 



ntroduced is uncertain. 



