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DWARF CASSANDRA. LEATHER-LEAF. 



. Chamceddphne calyculata. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Heath, White. Scentless. Throughout the middle states. Early spring. 



Flowers: small; growing in one-sided, open leafy racemes. Calyx: of 

 five sepals, having a pair ot bracts at the base. Corolla : cylinder-shaped, 

 with a five-lobecl border. Stamens: ten. Pistil: one. Leaves: oblong; in 

 texture like leather ; glossy above and dull beneath. An evergreen, branching 

 shrub ; two to four feet high. 



The English name of these plants is suggestive of the texture 

 of the leaves, which is like leather. We find them in swamps 

 and bogs as well as in the moist soil of low meadows. 



BUTTON-BUSH. RIVER-BUSH. GLOBE FLOWER. 

 HONEY=BALLS. (Plate XLV.) 



Cephdlanthus occidentalts. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Madder. White. Very fragrant. General. July, August. 



Flowers : small ; clustered in a spherical head. Calyx : four-lobed. Corolla : 

 tubular ; four-lobed ; within hairy. Stamens : four. Pistil : one, protruding, 

 with a button-like stigma. Leaves : opposite, or whorled in threes ; oval ; on 

 petioles ; stipules between the leaves. A shrub five to ten feet high, with 

 rough, grey bark. 



The button-bush is like the children that cannot believe they 

 are by the water until they have taken off their shoes and 

 stockings and gone in paddling. It has usually its lowest 

 stems and roots immersed in some brook or river ; and we are 

 invariably delighted with the curious, quaint effect of its bloom. 

 The flower-heads are like little pin-cushions full of pins. Their 

 perfect symmetry and the beauty of each flower when examined 

 separately makes them a pleasing study. 



BLUETS. QUAKER LADIES. (Plate XLV I ^) 



Houstbnia ccerulea. 



FAMILY COLOUR ODOUR RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Madder. Blue, ivith yellow Scentless. Nova Scotia to Michigan May, June, 

 centre. and southward. 



Flowers: terminal; solitary. Calyx: four-cleft. Corolla: salver-shaped, 

 with four oval, pointed lobes. Stamens: four. Pistil: one ; style compound. 



