Andromeda
(named after the daughter of Cepheus, who was rescued from the sea monster by Perseus). ORD. Ericaceae. A dwarf, hardy shrub, found in peaty bogs in the temperate and Arctic regions of the northern hemisphere. Sow seeds as soon as ripe in pots or pans, very thinly, in sandy peat soil, and place in a cool frame, giving plenty of air. Place the young plants out in spring. Layers, pegged carefully down during September, will generally take twelve months to make sufficient roots to allow of their being separated, and thus become independent plants. For other species often included under this genus in catalogues, see Cassandra, Cassiope, Leucothoe, Lyonia, Oxydendrum, Pieris, and Zenobia.
A. polifolia (Polium-leaved). Wild Rosemary. fl. pinky white, drooping, sometimes tipped with red; corolla ovate, furnished with ovate, rather leafy imbricated bracteas, terminal, umbellate. June. l. linear-lanceolate, mucronulate, with the margins more or less revolute, quite entire, glaucous beneath, with an elevated rib, and reticulated veins. h. 1ft. The numerous varieties of this very beautiful native shrub principally differ in the colouring of the flowers.