WHITE 



BOG BILBERRY. 



Vaccinium uliginostim. Heath Family. 



Low ; spreading ; tufted ; from four inches to two feet high. Leaves. — 

 Oblong; pale; not toothed. Flcnvers. — White or reddish; solitary, or two 

 or three together, set close to the stem. Corolla. — Usually four-toothed; 

 short; urn-shaped. Fruit. — A sweet berry ; black with a bloom. 



The bog bilberry is found blossoming in early summer on 

 the high mountain-tops of New England and New York, also 

 farther west and northward. 



MARSH ANDROMEDA. 



Andromeda polifolia. Heath Family. 



An evergreen shrub from six to eighteen inches high. Leaves. — Thick; 

 long and narrow ; smooth ; with rolled edges ; dark green above, white 

 beneath. Flowers. —White or pinkish ; crowded in drooping clusters at the 

 ends of the branches. Calyx. — Of five sepals. Corolla. — Five-toothed, 

 urn-shaped. Stamens. — Ten. Pistil. — one. 



This pretty evergreen is found in boggy places from Pennsyl- 

 vania and New Jersey northward, flowering in June. It was 

 named Andromeda by Linnaeus because he found it '' always 

 fixed on some little turfy hillock in the midst of the swamps, as 

 Androriieda herself was chained to a rock in the sea." Before 

 expansion the flowers are usually bright red. 



STAGGER-BUSH. 



Andromeda Mariana. Heath Family. 



Two to four feet high. Leaves. — Thin ; oblong. Flowers. — White or 

 reddish. Calyx, Corolla, etc. — Much as in above. 



The nodding flowers of the stagger-bush appear in early sum- 

 mer. They are clustered on leafless shoots or branches, and are 

 usually in low, dry places, from Rhode Island southward. The 

 English name refers to the supposition that the foliage is poison 

 ous to sheep. 



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