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of May." The flower buds are formed the preceding summer 

 and so are ready to swell with the first premonitions of spring. 

 The arbutus is common in certain regions, preferring sandy soil ; 

 and its growth is sparse wherever such soil conditions are lack- 

 ing. Those gathering it should realize that its shrubby stems 



Trailing Arbutus. 

 In flower, X V2. 



are of relatively slow growth, and that their normal development 

 is conditioned on their lying as they naturally do, close to the soil. 

 Wherever there is danger of its extermination, therefore, the 

 flower clusters should be cut without disturbing these stems un- 

 necessarily. A notice stating this fact has been prepared by the 

 Society for the Protection of Native Plants. A copy of it may 

 be secured for posting in any school room or other suitable 

 place by addressing the secretary of that society at the Library 

 of the Boston Society of Natural History. 



THE LAUREI<. KALMIA. 



The name "laurel" most properly belongs to a European 

 plant as noted under the laurel family on an earlier page. In 

 this country it has bfeen applied rather indiscriminately to several 

 others. The kalmias however by popular usage are denominated 

 as the American laurels, the large rhododendron alone having 

 claims that rival them. And this group of plants, for the kalmias 



