J 38 ANDROMEDA MARIANA. STAGGER-BUSH. 



Porcher says that "it is employed in domestic practice as a 

 remedy for herpes," which is an itching eruption of the skin. 



The Stagger-Bush is native in all the seaboard states from 

 Rhode Island to Florida, and according to Dr. Gray it has also 

 been found in Tennessee, and even as far west as Arkansas. 

 The ease with which it grows in the writer's garden, in ground 

 mixed with a large quantity of small stones, shows that it is very 

 well adapted to general cultivation, and that the soil will need 

 no special preparation to receive it. 



According to Dr. Titford, the Stagger-Bush is also known 

 by the names of Moor-Wort and Wicke, the last of which, 

 curiously enough, is the German common name for several 

 species of leguminosae. 



Explanation OF THE Plate. — i. Flowering branch. — 2. Twisted stamen. — 3. Arrange- 

 ment of tiie stamens in the flower. — 4. Gyncecium. — 5. Cross section of the ovary. — 

 The insect seen on the plant is the Macrodactyltis stibspinosus, or rose-beetle. 



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