Vermont Shrubs and Woody Vines 1<^>5^ 



SHEEP LAUREL. Kaliiiia aua^iistifolia L. 



The sheep laurel is the 

 commonest of the three 

 species, being" an erect 

 shrub one to three feet 

 high, forming patches on 

 hillsides and in low moist 

 sandy soil. It is rather un- 

 attractive with its some- 

 what drooping foliage until 

 the bright purplish flowers 

 appear. Even then it is 

 Cinderella of the trio. Its 

 reputation as a poison to 

 sheep is witnessed in its 

 common names, sheep 

 laurel and lambkill^ and it 

 — ^ is held by some to be even 

 more poisonous to stock 

 than is the broad-leaved 

 laurel. 



Sheep Laurel. 

 In flower, X V2- 



PALE LAUREL. Kalmia polifolia Wang. (iv. glauca Ait.) 



This is a small straggling shrub about one foot high which 

 occurs occasionally in cold peat bogs. It is well characterized 

 by the leaves, dark green above, whitish beneath, with margins 



