| | |the flowers are pink and
| | |wax-like. It is a desirable
| | |subject to associate with
| | |Rhododendrons, which,
| | |except in flowers, it much
| | |resembles.
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[Illustration: _KALMIA LATIFOLIA. A GOOD SHRUB FOR PEATY SOILS._]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
Koelreuteria |China; |Yellow; |A small picturesque tree 10
paniculata |Sapindaceae |June and |to 15 feet in height, with
| |July |ornamental pinnate leaves,
| | |and large terminal panicles
| | |of bright yellow flowers,
| | |very distinct.
| | |
Laburnum (Cytisus) |Loudon writes: |...... |There is no need to praise
vulgare (Golden |"A native of | |the laburnum; it is one of
Rain or Chain) |Europe and the | |the most beautiful of all
|lower mountains | |trees, and its countless
|of the South of | |flowers make a shower of
|Germany, and of | |gold in early summer. It
|Switzerland, | |seems strange to read that
|where it grows | |the laburnum is not a
|to the height of| |native, for it is so
|20 feet or | |general in gardens, and is
|upwards. It was | |even used in hedgerows in
|introduced in | |some parts of the country.
|1596"; | |We have in mind a hedgerow
|Leguminosae | |in Berkshire with laburnums