PY'ROLA MI NOR. 
SMALLER WINTER-GREEN. 
Class. Order. 
DECANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ERICE/F.. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Britain. 
4 inches. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
Inhabits 
Moist Woods. 
No. 575. 
The name, Pyrola,was borrowed by Linneus from 
the ancients. It is a diminutive of Pyrus, and was 
applied to the present genus on account of the ex- 
istence of some similarity between the leaves of 
Pyrola and Pyrus or Pear-tree. 
This elegant little plant is a native of various 
European mountains, particularly those of Savoy 
and Switzerland, as well as Scotland and the north 
of England. It is however, but rarely met with, 
either in its secluded habitat, or under the fostering 
care of the cultivator of alpine gems. The reason 
of this may be that it is not a bold free grower ; 
or, in the expressive language of the gardener, “that 
it is rather shy.” 
It may be cultivated very successfully with other 
alpines, by being kept in light peat earth, never 
much exposed to the sun, nor suffered to become 
very dry. Or in a shady front border it will some- 
times grow and increase freely, by throwing out 
suckers all round the crown of its roots. When 
thus planted out it should be first well established 
in a pot, and then turned out with its ball of earth 
entire. 
Don’s. Syst. Bot. v. 3, 864. 
