PINK 



SHEEP LAUREL. LAMBKILL. 



Kalmia angustifolia. Heath Family. 



A shrub from one to three feet high. Leaves. Narrowly oblong, light 

 green. Flowers. Deep pink, in lateral clusters. Calyx. Five-parted. 

 <7<9r0//rt. Five-lobed, between wheel and bell-shaped, with stamens caught 

 in its depressions as in the mountain laurel. Stamens. Ten. Pistil. 

 One. 



This low shrub grows abundantly with the mountain laurel, 

 bearing smaller deep pink flowers at the same season, and nar- 

 rower, paler leaves. It is said to be the most poisonous of the 

 genus, and to be especially deadly to sheep, while deer are sup- 

 posed to feed upon its leaves with impunity. 



AMERICAN CRANBERRY. 



Vaccinium macrocarpon. Heath Family. 



Stems. Slender, trailing, one to four feet long. Leaves. Oblong, ob- 

 tuse. Flowers. Pale pink, nodding. Calyx. With short teeth. Corolla. 

 Four-parted. Stamens. Eight or ten, protruding. Fruit. A large, 

 acid, red berry. 



In the peat- bogs of our Northeastern States we may look in 

 June for the pink nodding flowers, and in late summer for the 

 large red berries of this well-known plant. 



ADDER'S MOUTH. 



Pogonia ophioglossoides. Orchis Family (p. 17). 



Stern. Six to nine inches high, from a fibrous root. Leaves. An oval 

 or lance-oblong one near the middle of the stem, and a smaller or bract-like 

 one near the terminal flower, occasionally one or two others, with a flower in 

 their axils. Flower. Pale pink, sometimes white, sweet-scented, one inch 

 long, lip bearded and fringed. 



Mr. Baldwin maintains that there is no wild flower of as 

 pure a pink as this unless it be the Sabbatia. Its color has also 

 been described as a "peach-blossom red." As already men- 

 tioned, the plant is found blossoming in bogs during the early 

 summer in company with the Calopogons and sundews. Its vio- 

 let-like fragrance greatly enhances its charm. 



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