404 breck's new book of flowess. 



melons. Tlie wood is also very fragrant. There are sev- 

 eral other species of tlie same general appearance, but 

 differing in the character of their leaves. G. Immgatus^ 

 has smooth leaves, and G. glaucus has the leaves white 

 underneath. All are easily propagated by suckers or by 

 layers. 



CEANOTHTIS.— New Jersey Tea. 



[An ancient Greek name of obscure application.] 



Ceanothus Americamis. — Xew Jersey Tea. — A low 

 bushy slirub, found growing on the margins of woods in 

 dry sandy soil. The minute, delicate, white flowers are 

 verv pretty, and are produced in crowded clusters in June 

 and July. The leaves have been used as a substitute for 

 tea, and the root to dye a nankeen or cinnamon color. 



CELASTRTJS.— Staff-tree. 



[An ancient Greek name for some evergreen, but our species is deciduous.] 



Celastrus SCandens. — Wax-work, Climbing Bitter- 

 sweet. — A strong woody vine, grow ing around trees and 

 over rocks, in moist situations. It is very useful for cov- 

 ering arbors, walls, or trellis work, or it may be trained 

 to a pillar in the shrubbery. The foliage is of a deep 

 green, and handsome. The flowers, wliich are small, 

 greenish and in racemes, make but very little show, but 

 the fruit is very ornamental. The fruit is a round three- 

 valvcd capsule, wliich, when ripe, opens and discloses the 

 seeds, which are of a deep scarlet, and contrast finely with 

 the orange color of the valves of the capsule. A vigor- 

 ous climber, which will grow fifteen or twenty feet high. 



