. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 256 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS Kdlmia. The Kalmias or American 'Laurels ' are among the most beautiful shrubs in cultivation. About aU are hardy throughout and should be cultivated much more generally than they are. The special peculiarities of the Kalmias are in the flowers, which are cup-shaped with ten hollows in which the anthers are held tUl released by the action of insects. The leaves are entire, and alternate, opposite, or whorled in aiTangement on the stem. •So many evergreen plants, of many families, both in Americ
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 256 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS Kdlmia. The Kalmias or American 'Laurels ' are among the most beautiful shrubs in cultivation. About aU are hardy throughout and should be cultivated much more generally than they are. The special peculiarities of the Kalmias are in the flowers, which are cup-shaped with ten hollows in which the anthers are held tUl released by the action of insects. The leaves are entire, and alternate, opposite, or whorled in aiTangement on the stem. •So many evergreen plants, of many families, both in America and Europe are called laurels that it would be better to drop it as a name unless some distinctive modifier can fix upon the plant intended. " The fiower of Kalmia is one of those proposed as anational fiower emblem, especially on account of the exquisite symmetrical beauty of the single ; Kalmia is a purely Ameri- can genus and deserves a distinctive name. The best plan would be to always caU these Ameri- can plants Kalmias. They are less particular about soil and position than the hardy Rhododendron, growing well in sandy and loamy soils and especially thriving in damp shady places. Broad-leated Kalmia, Mountain 'Laurel,' or Calico Bnsu(4-33) — Kalmia latifblia— is gen- erally a shrub 4 to 10 feet high, though sometimes a tree to 30 feet, with a rounded head and evergreen, alternate (or irregularly whorled), entire, glossy leaves 3-4 inches long. The fiowers are white or rose-colored in large terminal clusters. May and June. The individual fiowers are about | inch broad. Narrow-leaved Kalmia, Sheep 'Laurel,' Lambkill or Wickt (434)—KAlmia angustif61ia— is alow shrub, l^o 3 feet high, with usually narrow evergreen, opposite (or whorled in threes) leaves 1 to 2J inches long. The flowers are of many shades of red to purple in lateral clusters, June and July. The individual flowers are nearly J inch Fig. 435. —Pale Please note that
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