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BOG ROSEMARY. 



Family: HEATH FAMILY [Translator 's note: these plants belong to the family 



ERICACEAE] 



Reproductive system: DECANDRY, MONOGYNY. 



The bog rosemary, Andromeda poly folia ; LINN., is a rounded bush about a foot 

 high. Its clusters of pink flowers make an attractive sight in ornamental gardens. The 

 leaves are alternate, linear, lanceolate, entire, green above and whitish below, and stiff 

 with curled edges. The pink slightly drooping flowers are in groups of three, four, or five 

 at the ends of the branches. They have a calyx with five small uniform sepals, and a 

 monopetalous bell-shaped corolla with five indentations at the top. The ten stamens have 

 anthers topped with two points. The ovary is free with a style and a stigma and five small 

 glands at its base. The fruit is a capsule with five compartments and five valves; it 

 contains many seeds. 



FLOWERS: in May. 



RANGE: France and Europe, in marshy areas. 



NOMENCLATURE. German, die andromeda mit poleyblattern, die rosmarinheide, 

 die torforas. Danish, vild rosmarin. English, the marsh andromeda, the marsh cistus, the 

 wild rosemary. Russian, bolotnik podbjeL 



USES. Though the flowers are very small, they add variety and decoration to 

 gardens. 



Cultivation. This bush grows well everywhere. But it prefers a shady location, 

 and substantial soil that is loose, soft, and easily penetrable. It is readily propagated either 

 from shoots or by separating the stalks, and it takes root very well after 



