THE SOURWOOD {Oxydendrum arhoreum) 



This is a heath, as the long compound raceme of prim little flower bells and the dry little seed capsules prove. Tr 

 foliage is a beautiful bronze-green in spring and becomes a vivid scarlet in autumn. The sour twigs and leaves allay the thiri 

 of hunters lost in southern woods. Hardy to Boston, this little-known soecies deserves wide cultivation I 



