FOREIGN SHRUBS IN CENTRAL 

 PARK 



(Comprising the principal foreign ha?'dy shrubs culti- 

 vated in the Northeastern United States.) 



ANALYTICAL KEY 



Shrubs not ''evergreen" (like spruce or pine) nor 



cone-bearing. 

 Shrubs whose blossoms are 7wt in the form of catkins, 



as in chestnut. 

 Shrubs not thorny nor prickly : 



blossoms before or with the leaves : 



flowers white: 1-3, 36(a, c), 63(b, c), 71 



C Native Shrubs," 102) 

 flowers purplish or rosy to red : 2-4, 36(b, c), 

 43. 47, 63(b, c), 71 (- Native Shrubs," 

 102) (''Foreign Trees," 2) 

 flowers yellow : 5-10, 54 

 blossoms after the leaves : 



GROUP' I. — Blossoms White or Cream-white 



Section I. — Flowers Polypetalous 



LEAVES SIMPLE: 

 Alternate : 



Entire : 11-14, 71 



Serrate (not lobed) : 14-18, 19 (a, d, e, j, k)s 73 

 ("Foreign Trees,'" 13, ig) 

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