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EUONYMUS ATROPURPUREUS. 
branches, constituting the growth of the preceding year, are 
of a dark green color, with many dark spots, whilst those 
portions which appear to have been produced two years pre- 
ceding are less green, with stripes or lines of white. Leaves 
petiolate, opposite on the young branches, alternate on the 
old, oblong, ovate, acuminate, serrate, deep green on the 
upper and light on the under side. Flowers, a kind of cyme, 
or a cluster often axillary to the leaves, very small, dark red- 
dish-brown inside, inclining to green outside, producing an 
angular-shaped, rough involucre or husk, which opens in the 
fall, exhibiting the beautifully bright fiery red fruit or berries 
in strong contrast with decaying nature, and which has pro- 
cured for it the name of Burning-bush, which it sometimes 
bears. 
The common name, Spindle-tree, is derived from the uses 
to which another species of Evonymus is applied. This 
species has a wood which, without being hard, is very tough, 
and this was formerly much employed in making spindles for 
the spinning-wheel. Now that the jenny has superseded the 
distaff, this is little used, except for making toothpicks and 
skewers; and also by watch-makers for cleaning delicate 
machinery, for which it is very well adapted on account of 
the fine point with which it may be worked without break- 
ing. Another of its common names, Prick-wood, seems to 
render it not improbable that it was formerly used in the 
manufacture of those skewer-like pins, which were employed 
to hold the dress together as late as the reign of Henry the 
Eighth, when the manufacture of metal mee became Jet ; 
general. = i 
The ‘Risa taot -ATROPURPUREUS, Fovmllctensai is ak easy 
culture in common soil, and propagated by layers, ripened 
cuttings planted in —*- or seed” ‘lt rei ye tans 
the — States. 
CHEMICAL AND MEDICAL PROPERTIES AND USES. 
The bark of the root of Evonymus arropurrurevs is the 
part employed as medicine, and should be gathered at the 
time that it will peal off readily, when it should be beaten 
with a hammer or mallet, carefully dried and preserved for , 
use. The bark, when dry, is of a light brown color —- 
: a the ices root = spignet. t Emacate ae ae 
