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which our climate is subject, and which are 
most trying to plants of this nature. From 
the small size which they attain, even when 
arrived at their ultimate size, and from the 
simple elegance and beauty of their blossoms, 
they seem peculiarly fitted for growing in a 
Wardian case : a small vase, filled entirely 
with these two plants, and covered by a bell- 
glass, would be a very pretty ornament, either 
for a table in a cool room, or for a shady win- 
dow; and in a cool case, in company with ferns 
of a hardy nature, placed in a shady situation, 
they would no doubt grow very freely. 
CASSANDRA. 
Cassandra calycidata, D. Don (calcu- 
lated Cassandra). — A small evergreen, or 
somewhat rusty looking shrub, growing two 
or three feet high, with curved spreading 
branches, and elliptic-oblong bluntish leaves, 
rusty beneath ; the flowers are white, oblong- 
cylindrical, thickly placed on the under side 
of the curving branches (in botanical language 
— racemes recurved, leafy) ; it blooms from 
February to April. A native of North America, 
also Sweden, Siberia, &c. The following va- 
rieties are enumerated : — angustifolia, with 
linear lanceolate leaves, and oblong ovate 
flowers ; latifolia, with broad leaves ; nana, 
a very dwarf small plant; and ventricosa, with 
the flowers much inflated. 
These plants are very ornamental, and re- 
quire the same kind of treatment as that 
recommended for Andromeda. 
ZENOBIA. 
Zenobia speciosa, D. Don (showy-flowered 
Zenobia).— A handsome evergreen shrub, grow- 
ing two or three feet high ; the leaves are 
oval, obtuse, crenated ; the flowers white, bell- 
shaped, disposed in numerous short drooping 
racemes along the branches, and blooming in 
June. A native of swamps in North Caro- 
lina. There is a variety called nitida, with 
oblong ovate serrated leaves ; another, pul- 
vendenta (also called Andromeda cassiiKefolia, 
speciosa, glauca, dealbata, and ovata), with 
roundish ovate crenated leaves, covered with 
white powder ; and spicata, with spiked 
flowers ; all these have white blossoms. 
The Zenobias are handsome plants, with 
good foliage, and require the same treatment 
as recommended for Andromeda. 
LYONIA. 
Lyonia arborea, D. Don (tree Lyonia). — 
A handsome small tree of twenty feet high 
and upwards ; the leaves are deciduous, ob- 
long-acuminate, serrated, and shining ; the 
flowers are white, ovoid-cylindrical, in ter- 
minal panicles, produced in June and July. 
A native of the valleys of the Alleghany 
Mountains in North America. The leaves 
have a pleasant acid taste, and are frequently 
used by hunters in the mountains to alle- 
viate thirst : it has been called the Sorrel 
tree. In a wild state it grows from forty to 
sixty feet high. 
Lyonia caprecefolia, "Watson (goat-willow- 
leaved Lyonia). — A deciduous small shrub, 
with coriaceous elliptic, serrulated leaves, 
and white globular flowers, disposed in ra- 
cemes and in corymbs. It is a native of North 
America ; it flowers in July. 
Lyonia ferruginea, Nuttal (rusty-looking 
Lyonia). — An evergreen shrub, from three to 
five -feet high, with obovate, coriaceous, 
brownish looking leaves, and small white 
globose flowers, three or five together, from 
the axils of the leaves. It flowers in June and 
July. A native of Georgia, Florida, and 
Mexico. 
Lyonia frondosa,~Nu.tt&l (branched Lyonia). 
— A deciduous shrub, growing about three 
feet high ; the leaves are oblong or oblong- 
ovate ; the flowers white, globose, downy, 
in a terminal leafy panicle. It flowers in 
May and June. A native of Virginia and 
Carolina. 
Lyonia marginata, D. Don (marginated- 
leaved Lyonia). — A small straggling evergreen 
shrub of two feet high, with oval-acuminate 
coriaceous leaves ; the flowers are cylindrical, 
pale red, blooming in June and July. A 
native of sandy forests in Carolina and 
Florida. A variety called rubra, has flowers 
of a deeper red. It is also called Andromeda 
coriacea, and A. Incida ; and by some A. 
mariana. 
Lyonia mariana, D. Don (Maryland 
Lyonia). — A deciduous shrub, growing two 
feet and upwards, with oval acute leaves, 
and large ovate-cylindrical flowers, white 
tinged with red ; they bloom from May to 
August. A native of woods and dry swamps 
in North America. A variety called oblonga 
has oblong leaves ; another, named ovalis, has 
oval leaves. 
Lyonia multiflora, Watson (many-flowered 
Lyonia). — A deciduous shrub, growing two 
feet high; the leaves are narrow lanceolate, 
and serrated; the flowers small, white, globose, 
disposed in terminal panicles composed of 
numerous grouped racemes. It flowers in 
July. A native of North America. 
Lyonia paniculata, Nuttal (panicled- 
flowered Lyonia). — A deciduous shrub of 
three or four feet high, with obovate-lanceolate 
leaves, and small downy white globose flowers, 
in terminal panicled racemes ; it flowers in 
June and July. A native of swamps and 
woods in North America. 
