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yellow pollen fly. 

 Nothing is more 

 beautiful then the 

 golden forms of 

 the dainty pollen 

 specks under the 

 microscope. The 

 flowers are in their 

 prime in June, 

 when they will 

 tinge a whole hill- 

 side with pinkish 

 white. The full 

 flower is usually 

 pure white, and the 

 undeveloped, orna- 

 mental bud a very 

 pronounced pink. 

 Kal/mia glatica 

 (common in the 

 North) is a varie- 

 ty with small lilac- 

 colored flowers. Sheep Laurel. 



Sheep laurel. The sheep laurel is not nearly as 



Kalmia amgmUfoUa. large as the mountain laurel, nor 

 is it as beautiful ; but the blossoms are decidedly 

 pink, and are daintily formed. I find it in bloom 



