HEATH FAMILY. Ericaceae. 



A handsome shrub, five to eight feet 

 Red-osier Dog- h{ h with smooth dark red branches and 

 wood 



Cdrnus stolonifera bright red twigs. The leaves are thin in 

 var. ripdria texture, smooth and rich-green on the 



White upper side, paler on the under, and the 



Spring, summer, gmal ^ cream . w hite flowers, with long, 

 Utah Ariz New yellow stamens, form handsome, flat- 

 Mex., Col. topped clusters, about two inches across, 



smelling pleasantly of honey; the berries 

 are dull white. This is common. 



A charming little plant, about six inches 

 Bunchberry . . . , , 



Cornus m gh growing in moist, cool woods and 



Canadensis common in the East. The slender stem, 



White with one or two pairs of small leaves, 



Summer springs from creeping, woody shoots and 



West, except Ariz. / =". , 



is crowned by a circle of larger leaves, six, 



or rarely four, in number, smooth and bright green, setting 

 off a pretty white blossom, with a slender flower-stalk. 

 This looks like a single flower, measuring about an inch 

 across, but it is really composed of a number of tiny, 

 greenish flowers, forming a cluster in the center, and 

 surrounded by four white bracts, which look like large 

 petals. The flowers are succeeded by a bunch of red 

 berries, insipid in flavor, but vivid scarlet in hue. 



HEATH FAMILY. Ericaceae. 



A large and interesting family, of very wide geographic 

 distribution, in temperate and cold regions; herbs, shrubs, 

 or trees; the leaves undivided, without stipules; the flowers 

 mostly perfect; the calyx with four or five divisions; the 

 corolla usually regular, with four or five, usually united, 

 petals; the stamens inserted under the pistil, usually as 

 many, or twice as many, as the petals; the ovary usually 

 superior, with one style; the fruit a capsule, berry, or stone- 

 fruit, usually with many small seeds. 



There are many kinds of Gaultheria, mostly of the 

 Andes; ours are evergreen shrubs, with alternate, aromatic 

 leaves and nodding flowers; the calyx five-cleft; the corolla 

 more or less urn-shaped, with five teeth; the stamens ten: 

 the fruit a berry, composed cf the tleshy calyx surrounding 

 the ovary and containing many seeds. The Wintergreen, 

 or Checkerberry, used for flavoring, belongs to this genus, 



