CLE'THRA ALNIFO'LIA. 
ALDEH-LEAVED CLETHRA. 
Class. 
DECANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Salural Order. 
ERICACEAE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
Introduced 
N.. America. 
5 feet. 
Aug., Sept- 
Shrub. 
in 1731. 
No. 994 
The derivation of the name of this genus mil he 
found under No. 9G8 
This hardy deciduous shrub, which rarely grows 
higher than four or five feet, is chiefly valuable for 
its racemes of white flowers ; in a season too, in 
which white is not so prevalent as in spring ; nor 
is fragrance in September so abundant. 
This plant is said to be of frequent occurrence 
in some parts of North America, particularly in 
the wilder portions of the northern districts of 
Virginia ; growing in swampy places, cultivated 
only by the hand of Him who first gave it an 
abiding place. 
“ The beauties of the wilderness are Ilis, 
That make so gay the solitary place, 
Where no eye sees them. And the fairest forms 
That cultivation glories in are His. 
He sets the bright procession on its way, 
And marshals all the order of the year.” Thompson. 
Clethra alnifolia is quite hardy, but should be 
planted in peat, or at the least, a mLxture of peat 
with loam. It may be increased by layering, or by 
separation of its stoloniferous shoots. 
