The Gross-Leaved Heath 



refused, and he then had the son put to death before 

 his, father's eyes. The father was still obdurate, 

 but Kenneth was so struck by the old man's bravery 

 that he spared his life, though the secret was never 

 revealed. 



The Latin name Erica is said by some to be 

 derived from a Greek word signifying heath or 

 heather ; others assert that it is from a word mean- 

 ing " to break," because it was used in old medicine 

 to break up stone in the bladder. 



In the reign of William and Mary it was made a 

 crime to set fire, between Candlemas and Mid- 

 summer, to any "grigg," or heath on a common, 

 and whipping and imprisonment were the penalties 

 ordained for disobedience. 



The family of the Ericacece is a large one ; among 

 its members may be counted the rhododendron, azalea., 

 bilberry, cranberry, arbutus, wintergreen, and the 

 parasite knowp as monotropa or yellow-bird's nest. 



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