botanically arranged. 443 



of a soft texture, and easily wrought when green ; but when 

 thoroughly dry, become very hard and smooth. Under culti- 

 vation it makes a most beautiful flowering shrub. 



Kalmia foliis lanceolatis, corymbis lateralibus. Syst. Nat. 



WINTERGREEN. Dwarf Laurel. Ivy. Lambkill. It is 

 an ever-green. Blossoms variegated. Common in cold, wet 

 land. June — July. 



If the leaves are eaten by sheep, they prove fatal. Some 

 have supposed, it is not owing to any poisonous, but an indi- 

 gestive quality in the leaves, occasioned by the large quantity of 

 resin they contain. Others say, that, in many instances, none 

 of the leaves are found in the stomach, but evident marks of 

 corosive poison. It makes an elegant appearance, properly 

 disposed amongst other flowering shrubs, in a border. But its 

 being so common, and the disadvantage it usually appears under 

 in a wild state, have prevented its being introduced into gar- 

 dens. 



ANDROMEDA. Linn. Gen. Plant. 485. 



Andromeda racemis secundis nudis, corollis rotundo-ovatis. 

 Syst. Nat. 



WHITE PEPPERBUSH. Blossoms white. Common in 

 swamps. June. 



It is generally called Osier, which is the English name of 

 the Salix viminalis of Linncsus, one of the species of the Wil- 

 low. It is used for fish-flakes, and, as the wood is very hard 

 and durable, is one of the best shrubs employed for that pur- 

 pose. 



Andromeda. 



GARDROBE. Bog Ever-green. Fruit-stalks single ; in the 

 axillce of the leaves. Corolla ovate. Leaves lanceolate ; al- 

 ii h h 2 ternate. 



