342 List of Shrubs 



fruit. It is given to suckering, which is, however, prevented or 

 impeded if planted in turf. 



* E. longipes Gray (68), the " Goumi " from Japan, is perhaps the 

 best ornamental olive; a small, hardy (?) tree, generally growing in 

 shrub form (five to eight feet), with numerous, slender, reddish-brown 

 branches. The thick leaves are dark green above and silvery-white 

 to brownish beneath, the fragrant flowers are yellowish white, covered 

 with brownish scales, and the cranberry-like, edible fruit (July), bright 

 red with white dots, which hangs for a long time on the long stalks, 

 heightens the color effect. The fruit makes a fine jelly. 



E. umbellata Thunb. (69), a spiny, spreading shrub (twelve feet), 

 from Japan; in foliage similar to longipes, but with yellowish to sil- 

 very branches, and currant-like, amber-colored, pendent fruit, speckled 

 with white, which ripens in November, making a rare and beautiful show. 



E. angiisti/olia Linn, (hortensis) (70), Russian Olive, a low shrub to 

 small tree, from southern Europe to the interior of Asia, with foliage 

 light green above and silvery-white beneath, and silvery spines, and 

 branches, with yellow flowers and yellow berries. Stock from its 

 southern range is tender, but that secured from northern Russia has 

 proved hardy even in the Dakotas and Manitoba, being deeply rooting 

 and leafing out late. It can be easily grown from cuttings. 



E. macrophylla Thunb. (71), a graceful, medium-sized, spineless 

 shrub from Japan; as yet rare, and untried as to hardiness, is entirely 

 distinct, being evergreen, with large, round leaves, light gray above 

 and pure white beneath, silvery branchlets, clusters of greenish-yellow 

 to creamy-white flowers in autumn, and silvery-white fruit. It is one 

 of the finest species of its genus. 



E. reflexa Thunb. (72), also native of Japan, is another evergreen, 

 with very large (two to four inches) leaves, dark green above and sil- 

 very with brownish scales beneath; flowers similar to the preceding; 

 but branches bronze-brown — a fine contrast if combined with the pre- 

 ceding. 



Forsythia. Golden Bell. Furnishes two species, both from China; one 

 of the showiest shrubs; early flowering (before the leaves), low (eight to 

 ten feet), of fine, pendulous form, with handsome, long, persistent foli- 

 age, and a profusion of yellow flowers. The blossoms are borne on 

 the previous year's wood, and hence, for best flower effect, the shrub 

 should not be pruned in winter, but immediately after flowering, when 

 new branches will at once form readily. Adapted to all soils, free froai 



