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Elaeagnus (Elaeagnaceae). 



EL.EAGNUS ARGENTEA. Silver Berry. North America, 

 1813. A spreading shrub 8 feet or 10 feet high, with 

 lanceolate leaves clothed with silvery scales. The yellow, 

 nodding flowers are axillary and clustered, and succeeded 

 by pretty, silvery-ribbed berries. 



E. GLABRA. From Japan. This is one of the hand- 

 somest species, forming bushes of delightful green, leathery 

 leaves, and with a neat and rather compact habit of growth. 

 It grows with great freedom when planted in light, sandy 

 soil, big globose bushes being the result of a few years' 

 growth. Being perfectly hardy it is to be recommended 

 if only for the ample leathery, deep-green foliage. The 

 whitish flowers are inconspicuous. There is a form having 

 the leaves margined with pale yellow, and known under 

 the name of E. glabra variegata. 



E. LATIFOLIA. Himalayas, 1869. A deciduous, semi- 

 climbing bush, with elliptic-lanceolate leaves that are often 

 5 inches long, and clustered, yellowish-white scented 

 flowers. E. Simoni is a form of this. 



E. LONGIPES (syn E. edulis, E. crispa, and E. multiflorci). 

 Japan, 1873. This species is also worthy of culture, 

 whether for the ornamental flowers or fruit. It is a 

 shrub 6 feet high, bearing an abundance of spotted, oval 

 red berries on long 'footstalks. Quite hardy. 



E. MACROPHYLLA. Japan. This is of robust growth, 

 with handsome, dark-green leaves, purplish branch tips, 

 and greenish-yellow flowers in autumn. The leaves are 

 thick of texture, often fully 3 inches long, glossy-green 

 above and silvery beneath. The latter is all the more 

 remarkable, as the leaves have the habit of curling up 

 their edges, and thus revealing the light, silvery tint of 

 the undersides. It thrives well in light, sandy peat, and 

 may be relied upon as one of the hardiest of shrubs. 



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