WHITE OR WHITISH FLOWERS 
Fetter Bush (Leucothoe raccmosa). Heath family. April 
to June. 
A tall shrub with flowers in long, one-sided, terminal, branch- 
ing racemes. The flowers are somewhat bell-shaped. The 
leaves are broadly lance-shaped. Thickets. The generic name 
is an appellation sometimes given Ino, daughter of Cadmus, 
who threw herself into the sea, was rescued by dolphins, and 
worshipped on the Mediterranean shores. 
Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnijolia). Heath family. 
July, August. 
A tall shrub with terminal upright racemes, the flowers 
fragrant, with five sepals and five petals, rounded; style long. 
The leaves are inversely egg-shaped, toothed. Greek name for 
alder, from the similar foliage. 
Leather Leaf {ChamcBdaphne calyculata). Heath family. 
April to Jtme. 
A rather low shrub, widely branching. The flowers are urn- 
shaped, small, in leafy racemes at the end of the branches. The 
leaves are oblong, stiff, evergreen, shiny above. Wet places. 
Daphne, pursued by Apollo, was changed to a laurel tree; the 
prefix signifies low. 
Shad Bush {Amelanchier canadensis) . Rose family. 
March to May. 
A tree or large shrub, one of the first to blossom in early 
spring. The flowers are large, in open racemes ; the petals flve, 
well separated, oblong; the calyx has five tiny, pointed lobes. 
The leaves are egg-shaped to oval, their bases rounded, sharply 
toothed, usually somewhat heart-shaped. The fruit is a red 
berry, ripened early. Open woods, blooming freely in spring 
when the trees are still bare of foliage. A. ohlongifoUa, a 
shrub, has petals not over a half inch long, and pedicels not 
over an inch. Leaves oblong. Swamps. 
See also Privet Andromeda, p. i6o. 
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