California Azalea 



One of the showiest of mountain flowers. 

 It grows on a shrub four or five feet high. 

 Its heavy perfume is carried far by the winds 

 and the sportsman often looks up and smiles 

 at "the creamy blur of white that the rho- 

 dodendrons make." The roots and leaves 

 are said to be poisonous, but one may handle 

 them without harm. Yet I would warn you 

 not to partake of honey made from these 

 flowers, as the mountain people say it causes 

 sickness if not death. 



The sound of running water 



Is in our ear alway — 

 A dream-song with us through the night, 



A dream-song through the day. 



Down canons where the liHes 



Shake out a rich perfume, 

 Past hillsides where azaleas 



Show white against the gloom. 



Alberta Bancroft 



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