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. croceolanata .—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. Lyonia [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 L. 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 L. maria?ia 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 L. 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. 
