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[Illustration: _THE MAY-FLOWER (Epigaea repens). (Shortia galacifolia is
the top flower)_]

[Illustration: _ERINACEA PUNGENS._]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
Erinacea pungens |Spain; |Blue; |Somewhat resembling the
|Leguminosae |May and |dwarf-growing Genistas is
| |June |this extremely rare and
| | |pretty little shrub. It
| | |grows very slowly, and
| | |seldom attains a height of
| | |9 inches, spreading out in
| | |a mat-like mass rather than
| | |growing in an upward
| | |direction. The branches are
| | |short, stiff, and spiny,
| | |and what few leaves there
| | |are are small. The
| | |pea-shaped blossoms come
| | |from the axils of short,
| | |spiny branches, and are
| | |blue. This plant has been
| | |in cultivation for a great
| | |number of years, never,
| | |however, having become at
| | |all common. This is no
| | |doubt due to the great
| | |difficulty there is in
| | |propagating it. Seeds
| | |appear to be the only means
| | |of increase, and these are