OF ORNAMENTAL TREES. 209 



a one -seeded berry, nearly dry, with a bony 

 nut. 



1. E. COTINUS, Linnceus. Leaves simple, 

 ovate. Venetian sumach; mist-tree. Native 

 of the south of Europe.* 



In Europe but a small shrub, it rises here 

 to the dignity of a small tree by the aid of a 

 little pruning when young. "With its dark- 

 green roundish leaves, and its formal round 

 head, it is peculiarly pleasing in many situa- 

 tions; and, when covered with its flowers, 

 looks literally like a " mist." It is readily pro- 

 pagated by layers laid down just before the 

 bursting of the leaf. The following spring 

 they may be treated as separate plants. 



2. E. TYPHINA, Linnceus. Leaves pinnate, 

 leaflets in many pairs, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 tomentose beneath. Panicles terminal! 

 Stag's-horn; sumach. 



A small tree, fifteen to twenty feet high, 

 and the most ornamental tree I know of its 

 size. Its dark-green leaves rival those of 

 the ailanthus in the " orientality" of their 



* De Candolle makes a separate genus of tliis under 

 the name of Cotinus. 



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