PINK WILD FLOWERS 
travelled in this country. The Mountain Laurel 
blossoms during May and June in rocky, hilly woods 
and damp soil from Canada and Ohio to the Gulf 
States. ‘ 
SHEEP LAUREL. LAMBKILL. WICKY. CALF 
KILL. SHEEP-POISON 
Kalmia angustifolia. Heath Family. 
Thoreau regarded this species as being “handsomer 
than the Mountain Laurel,” but his point of view in this 
respect has not met with popular approval. The 
Lambkill has the reputation of being the most poison- 
ous of the Laurels, and its foliage has caused many 
deaths among cattle. The plant is similar in most 
ways to the Mountain Laurel, but is much smaller. It 
grows only from six inches to three feet high with a 
few nearly erect branches and is very leafy. The 
‘drooping, evergreen leaves are oblong or lance-shaped, 
mostly in opposite pairs, or near the ends of the 
branches in small groups. They are smooth and 
dark-green, with yellowish midrib and short stems, 
and are frequently marred with rusty spots. The 
saucer-shaped flower is purple or crimson, with shiny,’ 
purple-tipped, pink stamens and a pink pistil. The 
flowers are arranged in loose, round clusters, whorled 
on the old stalk, or on one side just below the 
new, light green, erect leaves of the recent exten- 
sion. In the Southern States, where the darkies go 
about barefooted, the leaves are used by them 
as a remedy for sore feet. Sheep Laurel is found 
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