THE WOODLAND ROAD. 



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England, and is only occasionally found on those of 

 the Middle States. In the South it is quite abundant. 



The swamp honeysuckle (Rho- 

 dodendron viscosum) is a some- 

 what sticky white - flowered 

 azalea, which grows on the 

 borders of swamps, quite com- 

 monly in the southern parts 

 of New England. It 

 blooms in June, and is 

 usually found not far from 

 the roadside in the marshes 

 near the coast. 



Rhododendron viscosum. 



Labrador Tea. 



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Quite an amount of the swamp 

 honeysuckle may be 

 gathered early in the 

 summer in the 

 swampy borders 

 of the roads near 

 Buzzard's Bay and 

 Wood's Holl, Mass. 

 While we are still 

 on the highway which pass- 

 es through the cold, damp, 

 wooded glens of the Northern hills 

 we may look for the shrub known 

 as Labrador tea (Ledum latifoli- 

 um) ; it grows in cold bogs or 



