. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 560 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. cent branchlets : but the one has deep red flowers, and was received from Aberdeenshire; and the other, which was received from Arran, has white flowers, that appear later than those of the other varieties. The first may be called 11 atro-rub
. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 560 ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM. cent branchlets : but the one has deep red flowers, and was received from Aberdeenshire; and the other, which was received from Arran, has white flowers, that appear later than those of the other varieties. The first may be called 11 atro-rubens, and the second C. v. 12 serotina. Very ornamental, either as detached bushes, or as edgings to beds and borders, in sandy or eaty soil. § ii. Andromedeaa. All the species are propagated by layers, and some of them also by divi- sion, though most of them might, doubtless, be rooted in sand from the points of the growing shoots, as in the preceding section; but layers soonest make saleable plants. They all require a soil more or less peaty, and a situation cool, open, and moist, rather than dry and airy. Most of the genera are of comparatively short duration, though some species of Andromeda and A'r- butus attain an almost tree-like size, and endure many years. Genus IV. ANDRO'MEDJ L. The Andromeda. Lin. Syst. Decandria Monogynia. Identiflcatim. D. Don in Edinb. New Phil. Joum., 17. p. 167.: Don's Mill., 3. p. 828. Synonyme. FolifDlia Suxbaum Cent. 5. p. 5. t. 55. f. 1. ; Andromeda sp. L. Derivation. Andromeda was the name of the daughter of Cephalus, king of Ethiopia. How a plant came to .be named by Linnsus after this personage, will be found given at length in our first edition. Gen. Char. Calyx S-cleft. Segments acute, simple at the base. Corolla globose, with a contracted 5-toothed mouth. Stamens 10, enclosed; fila- ments bearded; cells of anthers short, furnished with 1 awn each. Stigma truncate. Capsule with a loculicidal dehiscence. Placenta ; lobes simple.
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