Ibeatb Jfamil^. 



Marsh Andromeda. Arhdromeda poUfolia. 



Wild Rosemary. 



Found in swamps and marsh lands, in May. 



This shrub grows between 1 and 2 feet high ; it is branching, leafy, 

 and slender, with a woody fibre. The bark on the young shoots is 

 smooth and firm, when old it is rough and inclined to split. 



The leaf is evergreen. In shape it is long and needle-like, a 

 resemblance caused by its closely rolled edges which give it a stiff 

 erectness of bearing ; the texture is firm and dry, its upper surface 

 being slightly grained, though it is smooth underneath. In color it is a 

 dark, rich green, pale beneath. The leaves are set, on very short tawny 

 stems, close together, and alternately. 



The mouth of the small bell-shaped flower is almost closed ; its 

 oval form is diversified by the little pinched folds which run up from 

 between its 5 little tips. In color it is a rosy tinted white ; the little 

 5-parted calyx being colored like the corolla. The bells are set on 

 short white foot-stems that are enfolded by tiny greenish-pink bracts ; 

 they are close gathered in small groups, and nod at the ends of the 

 branches. 



The fine-pointed leaves, whatever the angle from which they 

 spring, all turn upward, giving a curious flat and conventionally 

 decorative effect to the branches. 



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