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The Best Hardy Plants of the 

 Heath Family 



{Continued from page 336) 



The Japanese andromeda (Pieris Japonica) 

 is also evergreen, but a little larger growing. 

 The long, drooping, white flower clusters 

 which are crowded towards the ends of the 

 branches open about the first of May. It is 

 not quite as hardy as floribunda. 



A low-growing deciduous species that has 

 very pretty drooping pure white blossoms in 

 long clusters, at the end of May and first of 

 June, is the stagger bush {Pieris Mariana). 

 It grows abundantly on the Long Island 

 plains in sandy soil but for some reason, 

 perhaps on account of lime in the soil, it 

 does not do well with vis, unless planted in 

 peaty soil! 



three bog plants for dry soils 



The wild rosemary {Andromeda polijolia), 

 common in some sphagnum bogs, is easily 

 recognized by its grayish green leaves, and 

 fiesta-pink nodding flowers produced at the 

 ends of the branches, in the end of April. 

 Curiously enough, this plant, which always 

 has "wet feet" in native conditions, does 

 splendidly with me in a light, sandy soil 

 forming a much neater shrub than I ever saw 

 in the wild. 



Another plant, that, like the stagger bush, 

 inhabits wet sphagnum bogs, but which can 

 be grown quite well in light, loamy, moist 

 soil, is the leather cap {Chamcedaphne caly- 

 culata). The one-sided spikes of nodding 

 white flowers appear with the first warm 

 spell of spring. A much branched shrub 

 growing one to three feet high. 



Flowering a little later, and of smaller size, 

 about two feet high, the Labrador tea 

 {Ledum latifolium) usually grows in shade 

 in sphagnum bogs. The terminal clusters of 

 showy white blossoms appear at the end of 

 May and first of June. It never looks happy 

 unless grown entirely in peat or humus and 

 given abundance of water, but it does not 

 require a boggy condition to be comfortable. 

 plants with striking poliage 



Of late years much attention has been 

 given to the merits of the southern Leucothoe 

 {L. Catesboei) as an undergrowth plant for 

 rhododendrons. It has very beautiful ever- 

 green leathery foliage, and retains its dark 

 green color well throughout the winter 

 months. White flowers are produced along 

 the curving branches about the middle of 

 May. In peaty soil, and with an abundance 

 of moisture, it makes a rampant growth. 



The showy andromeda or lily-of-the- 

 valley-bush {Zenobia speciosa) is a shrub 

 about two and one-half feet tall, with whitish 

 leaves, which are very beautiful. The large 

 drooping clusters (often five inches long) of 

 pure white, bell-shaped blossoms (one-third of 

 an inch across) are very handsome at the 

 end of May. With us the plant is a little 

 tender, and we have some difficulty in grow- 

 ing it, even in a good, peaty soil. 



a plant for every garden 



Certainly the easiest to grow of all this 

 family is the pepper bush {Clethra alnijolia.) 

 You may plant it in any ordinary light soil 



