DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 
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dance of suckers, from which, and from cuttings, they are readily 
propagated.” The following are some of the varieties : 
Amorpha fruticosa . — The shrubby amorpha 'or wild indigo. A 
native of Carolina and Florida. Height nine to twelve feet. Flow- 
ers a dark bluish-purple, in June and July. 
A. glabra. — The glabrous amorpha. A low shrub three to six 
feet high. Flowers bluish-purple in July and August. 
A. nana. — The dwarf amorpha. Native of Missouri. Height 
one to two feet. Flowers purple, fragrant. 
A. fragrans. The sweet amorpha. A hairy shrub. Height 
seven to eight feet. Flowers dark purple. June and July. 
A. croceolafiata. — Saffron woolly amorpha. Plant covered with 
short soft hairs. Racemes branched. Height three to five feet. 
Flowers purple or purplish-blue. July and August. 
A. canescens. — White haired amorpha. Height three feet. 
Flowers dark blue. July and August. 
THE DECIDUOUS ANDROMEDAS. Lyo?tia [Andromeda). 
The andromedas have been represented in the chapter on trees 
by the larger deciduous species ; and in the chapter on evergreen 
trees and shrubs, the evergreen species will be mentioned. 
The following are the shrubby deciduous species : 
The Z. racemosa. — A graceful shrub growing wild in southern 
swamps, bearing short racemes of small, white, fragrant, jar-shaped 
flowers, in June and July. Height three to four feet. 
The Z. mariana is a dwarf species found wild from New Eng- 
land to Florida, and bears pretty little racemes of small white 
flowers, tinged with pink, from May to August. 
The L. paniculata^ is a Canadian species three to four feet high, 
little known. The Z. salicifolia or willow-leaved, is distinguished 
for fine glossy foliage. The L. frondosa, L. multiflora, L. capreafolia, 
are small shrubs, whose qualities in cultivated grounds are not 
well known. 
