HEATH FAMILY. Ericaceae. 



There are several kinds of Kalmia, almost all of eastern 

 North America, the flowers alike in form. 



A very pretty little evergreen shrub. 



Swamp Laurel frQm a few {nches tQ Qver ft f Qot h{ h with 

 Kalmia micro- 



phylla (K. gl ssv leathery, rich-green leaves, whitish 



glauca var. on the under side, with the margins rolled 



microphyila) back. The flowers are single or in clusters, 



g ink each about half an inch across, with five 



No^west, etc. se P als and a bright purplish-pink, saucer- 

 shaped corolla, with five lobes, which is 

 prettily symmetrical and intricate in form. There are ten 

 little pouches below the border and in these the tips of the 

 ten anthers are caught, so that the filaments curve over 

 from the center, and at the touch of a visiting insect they 

 spring out of the pouches and dust the visitor's back with 

 pollen, which is carried to another flower. The little, 

 pointed buds, angled and deep in color, are also pretty and 

 the capsule is roundish, with many small seeds. This 

 grows in northern swamps, across the continent. 



There are several kinds of Menziesia, some Japanese; 

 branching shrubs, with alternate, deciduous, toothless 

 leaves, and small, nodding flowers, in clusters, developing 

 from scaly buds, their parts almost always in fours; stamens 

 eight, not protruding ; capsule more or less egg-shaped. 



A rather attractive little bush, from 

 Poors Huckle- twQ to six feet high> with Hght brown bark> 



Menzilsia hairy twigs and slightly hairy leaves, with 



urcelolaria (M. hairy margins. The flowers are less than 



jerruginea) half an inch long, with a hairy calyx and 



Yellowish, reddish dull cream -colored corolla, tinged with 



Summer 



Northwest dull-pink or red, and hang prettily in a 



circle, on drooping pedicels, which become 

 erect as the capsules ripen. When crushed, the stems 

 and foliage have a strong skunk-like smell. 



There are only a few kinds of Ledum, all much alike. 



A loosely-branching, evergreen shrub, 

 Woolly Labrador frQm Qne tQ four feet h{gh> The bafk ig 



Ledum Groen- reddish and the twigs are covered with 



Idndicum reddish wool, the color of iron rust, and 



White the leathery, dark green leaves, which are 



Spring, summer alternate with ro lled-back margins, are 



Northwest, etc. j IT 



also covered with reddish wool on the 

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