HEATH FAMILY. Ericaceae. 



A handsome shrub, five to eight feet 

 high ' with smooth ' dark red branches and 

 Cornus 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, small cream . w hit e flowers, with long, 

 autumn 



Utah, Ariz., New y e ^ ow 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 ni i n growing in moist, cool woods and 



Canadtnsis common in the East. The slender stem, 



White with one or two pairs of small leaves, 



Summer ^ springs from creeping, woody shoots and 



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 usuall 

 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 thil 

 Andes; ours are evergreen shrubs, with alternate, aromatii 

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

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

 the fruit a berry, composed of the fleshy calyx surroundinj 

 the ovary and containing many seeds. The Wintergreer 

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



