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Stagger-Bush

Andromeda Mariana. Heath Family.

Two to four feet high. Leaves.--Thin; oblong. Flowers.--White or reddish. Calyx, Corolla, etc.--Much as in above.

The nodding flowers of the stagger-bush appear in early summer. They are clustered on leafless shoots or branches, and are usually in low, dry places, from Rhode Island southward. The English name refers to the supposition that the foliage is poisonous to sheep.

Leuocthoe racemosa. Heath Family.

Four to ten feet high. Leaves.--Narrowly oblong; acute. Flowers.--White and fragrant. Calyx, Corolla, etc.--Much as in above.

In moist thickets, usually near the coast, we find in May and June the long, dense, usually erect, one-sided flower-clusters of the Leucothoe.