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SYMPHORICARPUS (55) racemosus, TA RIX, sec Trees. C. 
(56) vulgarts. VIBURNUM (57) lanitanoides (aluni- 
SyMPLOCOS (142) tinctoria, (143) folium), (58) Lentago, (59) 
cralggoides. Opulus, (590, sterile), (60) 
SyRINGA vulgaris (83a, alba), deniatum, (61)  acerifolium, 
(83b, grandiflora), (83c, \Jarie (62)  macrocephalum, (63) 
Legraye), (83d, Charles X), lomentosum  plicatum, (64) 
(83¢, Charles Joly), (83f, Afa- Sieboldi, (65) Tinus, (66) 
dame Casimir Perrier), (832, Lantana. 
Congo), (84) Persica, (85) Chi- Vitex (187) .ignus-Castus. 
nensis (Rothomagensis), (86) WEIGELIA, see DIERVILLA. 
oblaia, (87) pubescens, (88)  Xoxisws, (25) ligustrina. 
Japonica, (89) Jostkea, (89a, ZENOBIA (34) speciosa. 
Lemonet). 
HEATH FAMILY (ERICACEAE) 
This large family contains over twenty genera and more than three 
hundred and fifty species, of which at least some twenty-five, with 
many hybrids, deserve attention. They make a most attractive flower 
show, with four- to five-toothed flowers, spreading or bell-shaped (in 
some cases two-lipped), generally white or pink, varying in size and 
found in smaller or larger clusters. Well-known examples are aza- 
leas and rhododendron. The fruit is generally an inconspicuous cap- 
sule. Many of them are evergreen. 
They range from the daintiest small border shrubs with tiniest 
leaves and flowers, to the robust, large-flowered, and large-foliaged 
rhododendrons. The low ones are most useful for edging borders, 
combining well with other evergreen shrubs, and for winter and early 
spring effect. An arborescent species from Italy furnishes the briar- 
root pipes. The names of the various genera are often mixed up, being 
lately split up into the following eleven. Both in formal and in infor- 
mal naturalistic plantings the different members of the family may be 
most satisfactorily combined for succession of blossom and color. 
Favorable soil conditions and partial protection (during January 
and February) in unfavorable situations are needful for best success, 
at least with some of those in the list. Indeed, in general the members 
of this family do not seem to be easily handled. 
Andromeda. (See also Pieris, Cassandra, Zenobia, Leucothée, which 
used to be grouped under Andromeda.) 
