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Vaccinium Fennsylvanicum, Lam. (Dwarf Blueberry.) Low shrub, 



6 — 15 inches high ; stem and leaves smooth. Berries abundant, large and 



sweet, ripening in July. 

 VaCGinium vacillans, Soland. (Low Blueberry.) Low shrub, 1— 2£ feet 



high ; branches, glabrous, yellowish-green. Berries ripening latter, than 



in the previous one. 

 Vaccinium corymbosum, L. (Common Swamp-Blueberry.) Tall shrub. 



5 — 10 feet high ; leaves ovate, entire and pubescent, as also the branchlets. 



This specie yields the common blueberry or blue huckleberry at the latter 



part of the season. 



SUBORDER II. ERfCINEAH. (The proper Heath Family.) 

 Leucothoe, Don. (Leucothoe.) 

 Leucothoe racemosa. Andromeda racemosa, L Shrub, 4—6 feet in height, 

 with erect branches, oblong or oval-lanceolate leaves and short-pedicelled 

 flowers, in long racemes. May, Jiiiir. 



Andromeda, L. 



Andromeda Mariana, L. (Stagger-bush.) Shrub, 2 — 4 feet high ; leaves 

 oval or oblong; flowers large and nodding in clusters, white. May. 

 Juni. 



Andromeda ligustrina, Muhl. Shrub, 4 — 10 feet high, with oblong, smooth 

 leaves, and racemose-panicled. small flowers. June, July. 



Clethra, L. ( White Alder. Sweet Pepperbush.) 

 Clethra alnifolia, L. A very handsome shrub, 3 — 10 feet high, with alter- 

 nate, decidious leaves. Covered in July and August with beautiful, frag- 

 rant white flowers. (Abundant.) 



Azalea, L. (False Honeysuckle. Azalea. 



Azalea arborescens, Fursh. (Smooth jlzalea.) An upright shrub, 4—10 

 feet high, with smooth and shining leaves, and large and showy, rose-co- 

 lored flowers. June. (Numerous.) 



Azalea viscosa, L. (Clammy Azalea, WTite Swamp - Honeysuckle.) Shrub, 

 4 — 10 feet high, with bristly branches. Flowers white, sometimes tinged 

 with rose-color. June, July. (Numerous.) 



Azalea viscosa, L. var. nitida is dwarf, with oblanceolate leaves, green 

 on both sides. Flowers on this, and the previous specie fragrant.. 



ORDER: Aquifoliaceae. (Holly Family.) 

 Ilex, L. {Holly.) 

 Ilex monticola. Ilex ambigua Ton. A tall shrub, with alternate leaves, 



and greenish-white flowers ; fruit, drup-like, purple. (Abundant.) 

 Ilex laevigata. Prinos laevigatas, Pursh (Smooth Winierbc.rry.) Shrub, 

 with glabrous, shining leaves, and scarlet fruits June. (Numerous.) 



