CYPRESS- SPURGE 



lowish green, consisting of many upright stems, very 

 leafy, with short narrow leaves, and in May topped by 

 small, roundish clusters of greenish-yellow blossoms. 



Cypress-Spurge. Euphorbia cyparissias 



The structure of these blossoms, like all the Euphorbias, 

 is difficult to explain and quite as difficult to under- 

 stand, but the cluster itself is ornamental, and that is 

 not difficult to understand. The plant is equipped to 

 be a weed, but does not seem to have gone very far 

 in that direction. 



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