This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...ht. 1o ft.; flowers in close clusters; leaves inversely egg-shaped or oval. Swamps and thickets. 54. Same as 53, but flowers not urn-or bell-shaped. Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia). Dogwood family. Tall shrub; 4 sepals, 4 petals; leaves thickly set at top, egg-shaped or oval, long pointed. Hillsides. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...ht. 1o ft.; flowers in close clusters; leaves inversely egg-shaped or oval. Swamps and thickets. 54. Same as 53, but flowers not urn-or bell-shaped. Alternate-leaved Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia). Dogwood family. Tall shrub; 4 sepals, 4 petals; leaves thickly set at top, egg-shaped or oval, long pointed. Hillsides. Spring, early summer. Black Alder. Winterberry (Ilex verticillata). Holly family. Tall shrub; flowers in clusters along stem, short-stalked; petals 4-6; leaves oval or inversely egg-shaped, pointed, toothed. Low ground. Spring, early summer. Clammy Azalea (Rhododendron viscosum). Heath family. Shrub, max. ht. 10 ft.; flowers large and showy, in clusters; corolla clammy; leaves oblong-inversely egg-shaped, short-stalked. Swamps, especially near coast. Early summer. Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia). Heath family. Tall shrub; flowers white or pinkish in large clusters at end of branches; corolla saucershaped, 5-lobed; stamens 10; pistil 1; leaves pointed at both ends, thick and shiny. Woods. Spring, early summer. Groundsel-tree (Baccharis halimifolia). Composite family. Shrub, max. ht. 12 ft.; heads scattered or in panicles, corolla of several flowers very delicate, others 5-lobed; leaves inversely egg-shaped, stalked. Beaches. Autumn. 55. Leaves (neither opposite, wanting, nor from root only) simple, flowers in cluster, plant upright, shrub, not over 5 ft., flower urn-or bell-shaped. Black Huckleberry (Gaylussacia resinosa). Heath fam. Flowers in short clusters or one-sided racemes; leaves oval-egg-shaped. Spring, early summer. Bearberry (Arctostaphylos Uva-ursi). Heath family. Flowers in short raceme-like clusters; corolla urnshaped; leaves evergreen, thick, broadening at end, with short stalks; fruit red. Rocks and hills. Spring, early summer. ...
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