Garland Globe | 1906-04-14 | Page 6 | Plants That Have Vanished

PLANT8 THAT HAVE VANISHED. Shrubs of Southern Mountains That Go for No Known Reason. In the southern mountains certain lowers have been lost for nearly n century nnd rediscovered by chnnce in a different locality, thriving nnd abundant. No one knows the causo of their disappearance, by what means they wero removed, -or why thoy prefer their new hnbltat. One curious featuro Is that these vanished flowers or shrubs, nro not ns a rulo Insignificant plants that ono might overlook. On tho contrary, tho beautiful variety of sumach named utter Mlchnux, n French botnnlst, which was lost so many years ago nnd has only recently been found again, bore grent panicles of crnmy blossoms first, nnd later on thick clus- tors of velvety nnd crlmBon fruit. Its lenves also turned n rlrh crimson crim-son in autumn, so thnt Its seemed to flnmo nnd glow on the mountain sides. Another lest p!nnt, n!so n shrub, the elllottln, was a striking beauty. It belonged to the heath family and had long spikes of whlto blossoms, each blossom shaped llko a St. Andrew's cross, In vivid contrnst with Its lustrous lus-trous green foliage. It has now vnn-Ished vnn-Ished ns completely ns If It had never existed. Some of the plants were fortunntcly collected In 1878 by n gcntloman near Augusta, Gn., so thnt It has disappeared disappear-ed In less than n quarter of n century. cen-tury. No reason Is known for this loss cither to botanists or tho people among whom It onco bloomed. New York Herald.