Description of Foreign Shrubs 



(b) W. Desboissii : like last, but flowers much deeper rose. 



(c) W, Candida : like rosea, but flowers cream-white. 



(d) W. Abel Carriere : like rosea, but flowers bright rose. 



(e) W. Eva Ratke : like rosea, but flowers a clear, brilliant 

 crimson. 



(f) W. Lavallei : hybrid ; like rosea, but flowers dark reddish 

 purple; straggling. 



(g) W. amabilis : leaf wrinkled, rather large. Flower red or 

 white, broadening suddenly from base, 3-clustered. 



49. Chinese Azalea. (A. mollis.) 

 Leaf: 2-3', simple, alternate, entire, elliptical, hairy (as also 

 branches). Flower : m. yellow (corolla broad-bell-shaped, 5- 

 lobed, stamens 5), clustered ; May ; 2°-3°. 



SO. Silver-leaved Oleaster. (Elaeagnus argentea.) 

 Leaf : 1-2', simple, alternate, entire, oval, silvery on both 

 sides. Flower : yellowish, fragrant, perianth bell-shaped, 

 lobes spreading, stamens and pistil in each, mostly ; stamens as 

 many as perianth-lobes ; June- August ; fruit red ; young branches 

 beset with brown scales ; 6°-i8°. Western States ; sometimes a 

 tree. 



51. Buffalo-berry. (Shepherdia argentea.) 

 Like the last, but leaf oblong, narrowed at base ; flowers mostly 

 staminate and pistillate, stamens twice as many as lobes. 



52. Smoke-tree. (Rhus cotinus.) 

 Leaf: i^'-3', simple, alternate, entire, broad-oval to round- 

 ish, smooth, thickish, quite long-stemmed. Flower : p. yel- 

 lowish, small (petals and stamens 5), in panicles, abundant ; 

 June ; 4°-io°. Europe. The lengthened flower-stems are later 

 much branched and hairy, giving a cloudy effect, whence the 

 name; shrub or low tree. (PI. III.) 



53. Kerria. Corchorus. (K. japonica.) 

 Leaf : 2'-3', simple, alternate, serrate, lance-ovate, thin. 

 Flower : p. yellow, handsome (petals 5, many stamens), in 



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