ll, thus
| | |forming a more starry
| | |bloom.
| | |
*Pieris floribunda |North America; |White; |A rounded evergreen shrub,
(Syn. Andromeda |Ericaceae |April to |from 3 to 5 feet high,
floribunda) | |May |clothed with very dark
| | |green leaves, and with
| | |spikes of pure white
| | |Lily-of-the-Valley-like
| | |blossoms. It needs a fairly
| | |sheltered position and a
| | |cool moist soil, such as
| | |Rhododendrons delight in.
| | |
*P. formosa |Himalayas |White; |A large bold-growing shrub,
| |May and |with handsome dark-green
| |June |leathery foliage. It has
| | |spikes of wax-like
| | |urn-shaped blossoms. It is
| | |too tender for general
| | |cultivation, except in the
| | |West of England and in
| | |Ireland.
| | |
*P. japonica (Syn. |Japan |White |This differs from the last
Andromeda japonica)| | |in the white wax-like
| | |flowers being borne on
| | |long pendulous racemes, so
| | |that at their best the
| | |entire plant is quite
| | |veiled with them. The tips
| | |of the growing shoots too
| | |are bright red. This blooms
| | |naturally earlier than P.
| | |floribunda, and on that