CHAP. LXIII. CAPRIFOLIA‘CEZ. SYMPHORICA’RPOS. 1059 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers disposed in axillary capitate clusters, composed of 
nearly sessile racemules. Corolla white. Berries red, size of hempseed ; 
but,in America, according to Pursh, the flowers Me 
are small, red and yellow, and the berries pur- 
ple. Branches brown, smooth. Leaves ellip- 
tic ovate, obtuse, glaucous, and pubescent 
beneath. The berries are numerous, and ripen 
in winter. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 451.) A shrub, \ 
growing to the height of from 3 ft. to 6 ft. ; ly 
native of Virginia, Carolina, and Pennsylvania, D, 
in sandy dry fields. It was introduced in 1730, \ m 
and flowers in August and September. e 
Variety. 
& S. v. 2 foliis variegatis, S. glomerata foliis 
variegatis Lodd. Cat., has the leaves 
finely variegated with green and yellow. 





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% 2. S. RacEmo'sus Micha, The racemose-flowered St. Peter’s Wort, or 
Snowberry. 
Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 107.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 339.; Don’s Mill., 3. p. 451. 
Synonymes. Symphdria racemdsa Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 162. ; S. leucocarpa Hort. 
Engravings. Bot. Mag., t.2211.; Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 230. ; and our jig. 826. 
Spec. Char., §c. Flowers disposed in nearly terminal, loose, 
interrupted racemes, which are often leafy. Corolla 
densely bearded inside. Style and stamens enclosed. “4 
Leaves glaucous beneath. Corollarose-coloured. Berries 
large, white. This is a fine shrub, very common in our 
gardens, easily known by its large white berries, and small 826 
red flowers. The 8. elongata and S. heterophylla Pres/ 
in Herb. Henke, which were collected about Nootka 
Sound, do not differ from this species, in which the 
lower leaves are sometimes deeply sinuated. (Don’s Miil., 
iii. p. 451.) A shrub, growing to the height of from 4 ft. to 8 ft.; native of 
North America, on mountains near Lake Mistassins, and on the banks of the 
Missouri; in Upper Canada it is abundant about the Saskatchawan, on the 
banks of the Columbia, and at Puget’s Sound and Nootka Sound, north-west 
coast. It was introduced in 1817, and flowers from July to September. The 
flowers are succeeded by white fruit, about the size of a large black currant, 
but elliptical in form, which remain on the bush even after the leaves 
have dropped, and make a very fine appearance. In small gardens, this 
shrub is rather troublesome, from the numerous suckers it throws up from 
the roots ; but, as its flowers are much sought after by bees, and its berries 
are excellent food for game (See Gard. Mag., ix. p. 699., and x. p. 432.), 
that habit, when it is planted for these purposes, is found rather advan- 
tageous than otherwise. For gardens, it might be desirable to graft it on 
Lonicera Xylésteum, or some allied species of suitable habit. So grafted, 
standard high, it would form a very elegant small tree. 
App. i. Hardy Species of Symphoricarpos not yet introduced. 
S. occidentalis Richards. (Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., i. 285.) is a native of British North America, in 
the woody country between lat. 54° and 64°, and known under the name of wolfberry. Dr. 
Richardson remarks of this plant, that it approaches very near to S. racemdsus; and Sir W. J. 
Hooker says, ‘‘ Among the numerous specimens in the herbarium, are some which appear almost 
as much allied to one species as the other: but the majority of the individuals of the two species are 
readily enough distinguished ; those belonging to the S. occidentalis, by their larger, less glaucous, 
more rigid, and denser foliage (some of the leaves being 22 iu. long); by the flowers arranged in 
dense drooping spikes, larger than in S. racemdsus; and by the prominent style and stamens.” 
(Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., i, p.285.) We have given this quotation to show the very uncertain grounds 
on which what are called species are established; and, perhaps, it cannot be otherwise, so long as 
botanists are obliged to form their opinions from dried specimens. There is scarcely any tree or 
shrub that, by culture in different soils and situations, could not be made to vary in magnitude, and 
other particulars, as much as, or more than, is stated to be the case with these dried specimens of 
Symphoricarpos. We are very much inclined to think that, if the species of all the genera of Capri- 
foliaceze were cultivated for some years in the same garden, they would be reduced to less than half 
their present number. . 
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