. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. lit w ⢠PIATB 49. SHEEP LAUREL KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA. (HEATH FAMILY.) Smalt branching ihruh. on, /,. Ilâ»/,â *,,* .. Aâ* g,ar: /â¢.w ,ll,,rat ... oH,mt-âfal,. ,«lir,. Ihuktih. gârn al>,nr. glonron, brntiltk. mulnh /â¢,om,«fnl, /taurts m rorrmMtf cluiUrt, IJU >v«»f iM/y Ivvtmil llirm, mating IMfm laUtal; cmolla shall ,tim^nnlalr. JltrlaifJ. " How lieautiful the soliil cylimlers of the laiiih-kill, now just before sunset, small ten-siiled. rosycrinisoii l>
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. lit w ⢠PIATB 49. SHEEP LAUREL KALMIA ANGUSTIFOLIA. (HEATH FAMILY.) Smalt branching ihruh. on, /,. Ilâ»/,â *,,* .. Aâ* g,ar: /â¢.w ,ll,,rat ... oH,mt-âfal,. ,«lir,. Ihuktih. gârn al>,nr. glonron, brntiltk. mulnh /â¢,om,«fnl, /taurts m rorrmMtf cluiUrt, IJU >v«»f iM/y Ivvtmil llirm, mating IMfm laUtal; cmolla shall ,tim^nnlalr. JltrlaifJ. " How lieautiful the soliil cylimlers of the laiiih-kill, now just before sunset, small ten-siiled. rosycrinisoii l>;âThorbau. \V all our wild flowers, the Kalmias are perhaps the most These noble shrubs with their magnificent dusters oIâ pin^⢠flowers and the shining, laurel like leaves, are the crowning glory of our forests. Neitljer linglish rose nor French lily can vie with the Kalmia in majestic l)eauty. The sheep-laurel is less stately than Kalmia latiSlia, but is quite as handsome. The dark evergreen foliage is a fine setting to the mass of blushing flowers. In spring, when the light green of the young shoots is mingled with the deep color of the old leaves, the is charming. The sheep-laurel, like the American-laurel or calico bush, is supposed to lie to cattle and sheep, hence the name sheep-laurel, or lamb-kill, as it is sometimes called. In spring, when there is nothing else to serve as pasture, the young shoots of the Kalmia are devc jred often, it is s<iid, with fatal results. The sheep-laurel flowers in lay and June. All the kalmias are North American or West EARLY WILD ROSE. PI,ATE 50. ROSA BLANDA. (ROSE FAMILY.) mA, one fo thtft ffet high, much hfanthrtt: slein\ ^nmfttmi'.' ymalt p* ukUf. «..M(i//r uitli-iiil, Miir. ptnmttr utih nt-r ... /Aj/tff\, ;ihiih atf oblong or oboiiate, sharply Sfrtatt, obtnsr ; \tipnlfs laigf : jtvU'Oi iolitai V or in Int/y cotymbs. pria/i pint.
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