undance;
care must be taken, however, to guard it carefully from severe frosts,
which are apt to destroy it.

It flowers in May and June, and is usually propagated by cuttings or
layers.

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KALMIA LATIFOLIA. BROAD-LEAV'D KALMIA.

_Class and Order._

DECANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Calyx_ 5-partitus. _Cor._ hypocrateriformis: limbo subtus quinquecorni.
_Caps._ 5-locularis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

KALMIA _latifolia_ foliis ovato-ellipticis ternis sparsisque, corymbis
terminalibus. _Linn. Syst. Vegetab. p. 64. ed. 14. Murr._ _Ait.
Hort. Kew. V. 2. p. 64._

ANDROMEDA foliis ovatis obtusis, corollis corymbosis infundibuliformis,
genitalibus declinatis. _Fl. Virg. 160._

CHAMAEDAPHNE foliis tini, floribus bullatis. _Catesb. Car. 11. t. 98._

CISTUS chamaerhododendros Mariana laurifolia, floribus expansis, summo
ramulo in umbellam plurimis. _Pluk. mant. 49. t. 379. s. 6._ The
common Laurel, vulgarly called Ivy.

[Illustration: No 175]

Professor KALM (in honour of whom LINNAEUS, as before
has been observed, named this genus of plants) in his travels into
North-America, published in English by Mr. FORSTER, relates
that he found this species in various provinces of that extensive
continent, as Pensylvania, New-Jersey, and New-York, growing most
commonly on the sides of hills, sometimes in woods; that it flourished
most on the northern sides of the hills, especially where they were
intersected by rivulets; he observes, that when all the other trees had
lost their ornaments, this enlivened the woods by the verdure of its
foliage, and that about the month of May, it was covered with a
profusion of blossoms of unrivalled beauty.

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CYTISUS LABURNUM. COMMON LABURNUM.

_Class and Order._

DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 2-labiatus: 2/3. _Legumen_ basi attenuatum.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CYTISUS _Laburnum_ racemis simplicibus pendulis, foliolis
ovato-oblongis. _Linn. Syst. Veg. p. 666. ed. 14. Murr._ _Ait.
Hort. Kew. V. 3. p. 49._

LABURNUM arbor trifolia anagyridi similis. _Bauh. hist. 2. p. 361._

LABURNUM. Beane Trefoile. _Park. Parad. p. 438._

[Illustration: No 176]

Of the Laburnum, our nurseries afford two principal varieties, the broad
and narrow-leav'd; the latter (which is the one here figured) Mr. MILLER
was induced to make a species of under the name of _alpinum_; it