. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. THE WOODLAND ROAD. 75 ciduous, toothed, strongly veined leaves and black fruit, is common on the high summits of the White Mountains. The bearberry may also be found on many of the stony slopes of the Adirondack Mountains. I have sketched that most interesting eastern rocky outpost of these northern hills called Mount Pocomoonshine, on whose precip- itous cliffs the bearberry finds here and there a scant foothold. The grand old mountain faces the road about eight miles south of Keeseville. The common
. Familiar features of the roadside; the flowers, shrubs, birds, and insects. Natural history. THE WOODLAND ROAD. 75 ciduous, toothed, strongly veined leaves and black fruit, is common on the high summits of the White Mountains. The bearberry may also be found on many of the stony slopes of the Adirondack Mountains. I have sketched that most interesting eastern rocky outpost of these northern hills called Mount Pocomoonshine, on whose precip- itous cliffs the bearberry finds here and there a scant foothold. The grand old mountain faces the road about eight miles south of Keeseville. The common wintergreen or checkerberry (Gaultheria procum- heiifi), with its pure red berry and dark, varnished, evergreen leaf, is too well known to need description here. It is very frequently found on the wooded roadsides. The beautiful staggerbush {An- dromeda 3faricma)* has ample clus- Bcarberry in ters of nodding flowerets, urn-shaped, flower. white, and waxy, which appear m spring or early summer on nearly leafless branchlets. * It is said to be poisonous to Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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