Description of Foreign Shrubs 



5. Cornelian Cherry. (Cornus mas.) 



LEAF : 2^-3', simple, opposite, entire, ovate or long-ovate, 

 pointed. FLOWER : yellow, small (4 petals and stamens, single 

 style), clustered, profuse, before leaves ; often in full bloom April 

 ist in Park ; fruit oblong, cherry-red ; tall shrub or low tree. 

 Europe. 



6. Forsythia. Golden Bell. (F. viridissima.) 



LEAF : 3'-$', simple, opposite, serrate, lance-shaped, deep 

 green. FLOWER : m. golden-yellow, showy (corolla bell-shaped), 

 deeply 4-lobed, lobes spreading, 2 stamens, profuse in small 

 clusters along last year's growth, March and April, before leaves ; 

 branches spreading but not drooping. China. (PI. IV.) 



7. Forsythia. (F. suspensa.) 



LEAF : 2', simple, opposite, serrate, ovate, smaller, duller, and 

 thinner than in last ; branches slender, long and drooping. 

 FLOWER : as in last, but earlier and less profuse, before leaves. 

 China. (PI. II.) 



8. Forsythia. (F. Fortune!.) . 



LEAF : 2 f , simple, opposite, entire or obscurely serrate, oblong, 

 lance-shaped, dull green above, glossy beneath. FLOWER : 

 essentially as in last ; March, April. China. 



9. Azalea. (A. pontica.) 



LEAF : 2 r -4', simple, alternate, entire, obovate or oblong, apex 

 mucronate, thin, not evergreen. FLOWER : m. orange-yellow, 

 slightly fragrant, 2' across or more (corolla tubular-bell-shaped, 

 5-lobed, tube sticky, 5 long stamens, I long style), in terminal 

 clusters ; before leaves in spring. Native of the Caucasus. 



10. Early-flowering Jessamine. (Jasminum nudiflorum.) 



LEAF : pinnate, opposite ; leaflets, 3 or 5, >'-^", entire, ob- 

 long, pointed. FLOWER : m. yellow (corolla salver-shaped, 6- 

 lobed, 2 stamens, I style), single ; March, before leaves ; droop- 

 ing shrub, or trained as a vine. China. (PI. I.) 



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