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The Pinnate-leaved Staphylia or Bladder-nut Tree. 

 S. pmnata. — A European species long known in shrubberies. 

 Leaves with five small leaflets. More vigorous in habit than the 

 preceding, and of such singular appearance, when loaded in autumn 

 with its seed-capsules, as to be cultivated principally for that 

 peculiarity. Like the preceding, it is a smooth-branching shrub, 

 throwing up many side-suckers. Naked young wood, greenish, 

 with green buds. Flowers same as the preceding sort. Height six 

 to twelve feet. 



THE ST. PETERSWORT, OR WAXBERRY. 



Symphoricarpus. 



Some of this very pretty class of little shrubs are also known as 

 the snowberries. All of them are nearly related to the tartarian 

 honeysuckles. Low native shrubs, with small flowers of several 

 colors, and small waxen berries, which hang on through a part of the 

 winter. 



The White-berried, or Common Waxberry, S. racemosas, 

 is a bushy shrub, with small rose-colored flowers, from July to 

 September, and white, oval berries, about a half inch in length. 

 The berries, hanging in ropes on the branches, are quite orna- 

 mental, and much used for large winter bouquets. 



The Red-berried Waxberry, S. vulgaris, has very small 

 leaves, flowers, and fruit, but the leaves appear early, and hang 

 quite late, and the shrub forms one of the most perfect of minia- 

 ture trees when growing quite alone ; with a breadth double its 

 height, but with side-branches projected as boldly, and falling 

 gracefully as those of a low, broad, weeping elm ; and all within 

 the compass of three feet in height, and four or five feet in breadth. 

 Flowers small, red and yellow, in August and September. Fruit 

 purple ; ripe in December. 



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