HEATH FAMILY 



Although Catesby's Leucothoe is a bush of southern 

 range it is perfectly hardy at the north and is a valu- 

 able addition to our cultivated shrubs. 



It blooms early ; the flower buds are developed in 

 autumn in the axils of the persistent leaves of the year 

 and look like cylindric cones about half an inch long, 

 with close imbricate scales. As the weather grows 

 cold these scales turn a deep red, the same color 

 suffusing in a slighter degree the ends of the zigzag 

 stems ; at the same time the upper leaves with their 

 petioles often color as richly as the flower buds. The 

 lower leaves for the most part retain their deep lus- 

 trous green color, and the contrast between the upper 

 and the lower parts of the plant only adds to its 

 beauty. 



The recurved stems are three to six feet high, the 

 evergreen leaves are thick and leathery ; and the white 

 waxen bells are borne in crowded spike-like racemes. 

 The plant prefers peat soil and damp situations, but 

 will make the best of almost any location. 



WILD ROSEMARY. MARSH HOLY ROSE. 



Andromeda polifblia* 

 Andromeda, a mythological name of fanciful application. 



Slender, with stems but little branched, one to three feet high, 

 foliage acid; found in bogs. Ranges from Labrador and New- 

 foundland through arctic America to Alaska and British Amer- 

 ica, southward to New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. 



Leaves. Alternate, simple, linear-oblong or lanceolate, one 

 and one-half to three inches long, narrowed at base, margins 

 revolute, apex acute or obtuse, often with a small point ; when 



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