Vermont Shrubs and Woody Vines 



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Mansfield and Camel's Hump. There it is abundant enough so 

 that the berries are often gathered for sauce by summer visitors. 

 They are about the size of the small cranberry, dark red. and 

 rather bitter when uncooked. Tt is abundant in sections of Can- 

 ada where it is used in the homes and offered in some markets. 

 The habit of the vine is similar to that of the other cranberries, 

 but its branches are shorter and its leaves larger, leathery, and 

 of a glossy, dark green. Tt is recommended for planting in orna- 

 mental borders. 



WILD ROSEMARY. Andromeda glaucophylla Link. (A. polifolia L.) 



The wild rosemary or water andromeda is a bush one to 

 three feet high, frequently found in wet, 

 peaty soil, especially bordering bogs and 

 lx)ggy ponds. It has red flower buds 

 which expand into small white or pinkish 

 flowers, nodding in clusters at the ends 

 of the branches, followed by dry glob- 

 ular capsules. The characters most 

 surely recognizable pertain to the leaves, 

 which are narrow — about one-fourth by 

 two inches — with margins strongly re- 

 curved, white beneath, evergreen and 

 thick. They are somewhat acrid and 



contain a narcotic poison which is said 

 Wild Rosemary. 

 In flower, X %. to prove fatal to browsing sheep. 



MALE BERRY. 



Lyonia lignstrina (L) 

 Xolisma). 



DC. (' Andromeda 



This is occasional in southern Vermont in damp woodlands. 

 It is a deciduous shrub three to ten feet high. The small white 

 blossoms are borne in many-flowered terminal clusters which are 

 often several inches long. 



