76 FAMILIAR FEATURES OF THE ROADSIDE. 



This is a familiar shrub of the roadside in low 

 grounds, which is becoming common in cultivation ; 

 i^ grows from two to four feet high. Yery closely 

 related to the Andromeda is the sorrel tree or sour- 

 wood (Oxydendrum arboreum), whose leaves arc 

 about the size and shape of those of the peach. The 

 dainty little white, urn-shaped flow- 

 ers appear in June or July ; they are 

 borne in long one-sided clusters, 

 and strongly resemble those of the 

 Andromeda. I have never seen 

 the sorrel tree growing wild in 

 New England ; it is found quite 

 commonly in the rich woods of 

 Pennsylvania, and is distributed 

 westward as far as Indiana and cen- 

 tral Tennessee. There is a good speci- 

 men under cultivation at the Arnold ar- 

 Andromcda. boretum, near Boston. 



A most charming shrub which is fre- 

 quently seen on the roadsides of the coast States, 

 North and South, particularly in the pine barrens of 

 New Jersey, is Leucothce racemosa ; this has beauti- 

 ful long, upright but slightly curved racemes of flow- 

 ers, white, fragrant, and drooping. Each spike is- from 

 three to four inches long, with from twelve to eight- 

 een (sometimes more) urn-shaped blossoms. The 



