. Fig. 106.—Staggerbush (Pieris mari- ana), showing flowering branch, one-third natural size. Fig. 107.—Great laurel {Ithododcndron maxi- mum). (7, Flowering branch ; b, fruiting capsules—both one-third natural size. of the Allegheny Mountains. It is well known in that region to be fatal to all kinds of stock. * Leucothoe racemosa.—The swamp Leiicothoi' of the Atlantic and Gulf States has l)een reported from New' Jersey as especially fatal to calves. * Pieris mariana.—The stagger bush of the Atlantic Coast region, Tennessee, and Arkansas is commonly know'ii to be poisonous to calves and to she

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. Fig. 106.—Staggerbush (Pieris mari- ana), showing flowering branch, one-third natural size. Fig. 107.—Great laurel {Ithododcndron maxi- mum). (7, Flowering branch ; b, fruiting capsules—both one-third natural size. of the Allegheny Mountains. It is well known in that region to be fatal to all kinds of stock. * Leucothoe racemosa.—The swamp Leiicothoi' of the Atlantic and Gulf States has l)een reported from New' Jersey as especially fatal to calves. * Pieris mariana.—The stagger bush of the Atlantic Coast region, Tennessee, and Arkansas is commonly know'ii to be poisonous to calves and to sheep. The name stagger bush was applied to the shrub on account of the peculiar intoxicating effect of the leaves. * Rhododendron californicum. — The California rhododendron is

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