Vermont Shrubs and Woody Vines 



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PANICLED DOGWOOD. Cormis pauiculata L'Her. 



This is a slender, much-branched, erect plant, four to eight 

 feet high, commonly bordering highways and riverbank thickets. 



The smooth gray branches, 

 rather narrow leaves whitish 

 beneath, numerous close 

 clusters of white flowers and 

 white fruit borne on a pale 

 scarlet stalk, serve to make it 

 comparatively easy of dis- 

 tinction. It adds an attrac- 

 tive feature to the natural 

 landscape and is excellent for 



t, T^ ornamental planting, but no 



Pantcled Dogwood. ^ t,, uul nu 



Branch with fruit, X %. other use has been made of it. 



HEATH FAMILY. ERICACEAE 



This includes the largest group of Vermont shrubs except 

 the rose family. Like that it has many valuable species, whether 

 for fruit or ornament, and some quite puzzling to one who at- 

 tempts to know all the shrubs at sight. To facilitate the solu- 

 tion of such puzzles the following key to the shrubby genera 

 has been prepared and under each genus there is, in addition, 

 a key to the species. 



Some of the other heaths not here included are slightly 

 woody, notably the prince's pine (Chimaphila) which is a pretty 

 evergreen, about six inches high, common in sandy woodlands, 

 and the shin leaves (Pyrola). There are several species of the 

 latter closely resembling each other in general characters. Some 

 of them have leaves so similar to the arbutus as to confuse the 



