CLIBRANS’ LIST OF AMERICAN PLANTS. 
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AMERICAN PLANTS — continued. 
DABOECIA, see Menziesia. 
DIRCA 
40 palustris (Leather xvood), flowers yellow, produced in spring before the foliage appears; 
the bark and wood are peculiarly tough. 1/6 and 2/- each. 
EPIG/EA 
49 repens (Ground Laurel 1, a dainty creeping evergreen; flowers white, tinged red, rich 
spicy fragrance. Thrives in sandy peat in shaded position. 2/- and 2/6 each. 
ERICAS, see Heaths, page 85. 
GAULTHERIA 
50 acutifolia, somewhat resembling G. Shallon, but with more pointed foliage and rather 
dwarfer and closer habit of growth. A pretty little shrub. 6d. and 9d. each, 4/6 
to 6/- per doz. 
51 procuntbens (Partridge Perry), creeping evergreen, white flowers, succeeded by scarlet 
berries; leaves changing in autumn to a bright red tint. In pots, 9d. and If- each. 
52 Shallon, a vigorous shrub with large distinct leaves and purple berries; excellent for 
game; succeeds well under the drip of trees. 6d. and 9d. each, 4/6 to 6/- per doz. 
HEATHS, HARDY, see page 85. 
ITEA 
54 virginica, a pretty shrub, flowers white in terminal racemes. 9d., 1/- to 1/6 each. 
KALMIA 
55 glauca, earlv-flowering and very free. 9d., I/- to 1 '6 each; with buds for forcing, 1/6 to 
2/- each. 
56 angustifolla, rich rosy -pink flowers, abundantly produced; about 1 1 feet high. 1/- to 1/6 
each. 
59 rubra, free, red-flowering variety. 1/- to 1/6 each. 
57 latifolia, the finest of all, without buds; good plants. 9d. to 1/6 each ; with buds for 
forcing, 2/- and 2/6 each. Kalmias are beautiful flowering evergreens, well suited 
for planting among Rhododendrons. They will not thrive in chalky, limestone, or 
strong clay soils. 
LEDUM 
64 latifolium ( Labrador Tea), a dense, compact, small-leaved shrub, 21 feet high, covered 
in May and June with handsome clusters of pure white flowers. Likes plenty of 
sun. 9d. to 1/6 each. 
65 palustre, a small-leaved species, dwarf and spreading. 9d. to 1/6 each. 
thymsefollum, see Leiophyllum. 
LEIOPHYLLUM 
66 buxifolium (Sand Myrtle), a neat and extremely pretty Heath, about 6 in. high, with 
evergreen leaves like Box, and dense clusters of small white flowers delicately tipped 
with pink. 1/- to 1/6 each. 
LEUCOTHOE (Andromeda) 
20 angustata, snowy-white, Lily-of-lhe-Valley-hke bells. 6d. to 1/- each, 4/6 to 9/- per doz. 
1 axillaris, waxy-white blooms. 6d. to If- each. 
3 Catcsboei, white flowers, chestnut-like scent. I/- to 1/6 each. 
LYONIA 
16 racemosa, a bushy evergreen Andromeda, with abundant small fragrant white flowers; 
dainty and attractive. 9d., 1/- to 1/6 each. 
MENZIESIA 
86 polifolla (Conemara Heath), a graceful bushy heath-like plant, about 1 J feet high, with 
erect one-sided spikes of lovely drooping crimson-purple flowers of globular form. 
9d. each. 
87 alba, a white form of the above. 9d. and 1/- each. 
85 bicolor, produces white and purple flowers. 9d. and If- each. 
8S empetriformis, rose-coloured flowers. 9d. and 1/- each. 
MYRICA 
90 gale (Sweet Gale), a dwarf, fragrant, hardy, deciduous shrub, producing brownish-green 
inconspicuous flowers. 1/- to 1/6 each. 
