42 THROUGH GLADE AND MEAD. 
The plant Azdromeda blooms here about the mid- 
dle of May and with its glossy foliage is one of the 
ornaments of summer: in the long nights of winter the 
constellation Axdromeda is one of the most prominent 
groups in the northern sky. 
A little pool in the middle of a great pasture; 
groups of tall hickories or chestnuts scattered here and 
there; little knolls crowned with huckleberry bushes; 
pink azaleas covered with fragrant blossoms; mats of 
the floating foxtail grass (Alopecurus geniculatus, L., 
var. aristulatus, Torr.) lying on the edge of the pool 
where the water is shallow; the yellow of the butter- 
cups (Ranunculus bulbosus, L.) mingling with the light 
purple of one of the fleabanes (Evrigeron bellidifolius, 
Muhl.); these are a fitting framework to enclose the 
picture of Leucothoe racemosa, Gray. 
When sweet May days are drawing to an end, 
What vision fair is this that greets mine eyes, 
As through the wildwood path my way I wend, 
Intent to win from Nature some new prize? 
Thou hast few rivals, fair Leucothoe, 
In grace and loveliness among the flowers, 
Thy long racemes are full of purity 
And fragrance mild, thou charm of woodland bowers. 
The pool is happy in whose face all day 
Thy gentle smiles are shining tenderly ; 
