EL^AGNUS LONGIPES. 



Fig. 1283 — El^agnus Longipes. 



NE of ihe finest among the 

 new ornamental shrubs avail- 

 able, is the long -stalked 

 Elaeagnus, or Elaeagnus longipes, a spe- 

 cies of Wild olive, or Oleaster, It grows 

 to a height of about three feet and is a 

 very pretty spreading evergreen shrub, 

 with deep reddish brown twigs, and 



clusters of long-stalked, orange-colored 

 flowers opening about the middle of 

 May, and succeeded in July by pretty 

 red berries, which hang some weeks and 

 are edible. The engraving, kindly 

 loaned by Messrs. Stone and Welling- 

 ton, gives a good idea of a fruiting 

 branch well loaded with berries. 



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