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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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Cyrilla racemiflora|Florida to North|White |Quite a shrub, 4 feet to 6
|Carolina, &c. | |feet high, very rare,
|Cyrillea | |although introduced as long
| | |ago as 1765. The flowers
| | |are in drooping racemes on
| | |previous season's growth.
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*Daboecia |Western Europe |Rosy |A pretty little Heath-like
polifolia, St. |and Ireland; |purple, |shrub growing about 18
Daboec's Heath |Ericaceae |bell- |inches high, and producing
(Syn. Andromeda | |shaped; |erect spikes of
Daboecia) | |May, and |comparatively large
| |throughout|bell-shaped blossoms. It is
| |Summer and|the most continuous
| |Autumn |blooming of its class.
| | |There is a beautiful pure
| | |white variety--alba.
| | |
Daphne alpina |Alps of Europe; |White; |A spreading deciduous
(Alpine Daphne) |Thymelaeaceae |May and |shrub, with white,
| |June |sweet-scented flowers. It
| | |grows about a couple of
| | |feet high, and is
| | |essentially a shrub for the
| | |rockwork, as it is
| | |particularly happy when the
| | |roots are wedged between
| | |stones.
| | |
*D. blagayana |Carniola |Ivory |Like the las