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ciduous, toothed, strongly veined leaves and black 

 fruit, is common on the high summits of the White 

 Mountains. 



The bearberry may also be found on many of the 

 stony slopes of the Adirondack Mountains. I have 

 sketched that most interesting eastern rocky outpost 

 of these northern hills called Mount 

 Pocomoonshine, on whose precip- 

 itous cliffs the bearberry finds 

 here and there a scant foothold. 

 The grand old mountain faces 

 the road about eight miles south 

 of Keeseville. 



The common wintergreen or 

 checkerberry (Gaultheria procum- 

 bens), with its pure red berry and 

 dark, varnished, evergreen leaf,, is too 

 well known to need description here. 

 It is very frequently found on the 

 wooded roadsides. 



The beautiful staggerbush (An- 

 dromeda Mariana)* has ample clus- 



Bearberry in 



ters of nodding flowerets, urn-shaped, flower. 



white, and waxy, which appear in 



spring or early summer on nearly leafless branchlets. 



* It is said to be poisonous to cattle. 



