HEATH FAMILY 



long-, oblong or lanceolate-oblong, dark green above, 

 slightly paler beneath, acute or short-acuminate at 

 apex, wedge-shaped at base. Flowers appear in June 

 and Jul)', pale rose varying to white, borne in corym- 

 bose clusters from scaly, cone-like buds formed the au- 

 tumn before. Pedicels are glandular, viscid pubes- 

 cent ; corollas rather deeply five-cleft into oval obtuse 

 lobes, rose-colored varying to white, sprinkled with 

 yellowish or orange spots within ; calyx-lobes oblong- 

 obtuse ; capsule oblong, puberulent. 



Notwithstanding the many beautiful hybrids now in 

 cultivation, our native Rhododendron is still a plant 

 that charms by its most commended beauty. Its 

 chosen home is a shaded nook by the side of a moun- 

 tain stream ; its pale pink flowers ere they fall are 

 overtopped by the shoot that started with the flower- 

 bud, and the blooming period, beginning with us at 

 the north in July, extends into late August. 



Lapland Rose Bay, Rhododendron lapponicum — a 

 dwarfed subarctic form, still lingers on the summits 

 of the higher mountains of New England and New 

 York. 



ALLEGHANY MENZIESIA 



Menziesia pilbsa. 



Named in honor of Archibald Menzies, surgeon and natu- 

 ralist, who in Vancouver's voyage brought the first known 

 species from the northwest coast. 



Erect shrub, two to five feet high ; found in mountain woods 

 from Pennsylvania to Georgia. Twigs hairy and chaffy. 



Leaves. — Alternate, simple, oval, oblong or obovate, one to 

 two inches long, narrowed at base, margin entire, ciliate, obtuse 



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