336 Yellow to Orange Flowers 



CANADA BUFFALOBERRY 



Shcpherdia canadcnsis. Oleaster Family 



Leaves: ovate or oval, obtuse at the apex, rounded or narrowed at 

 the base, green and sparingly stellate-scurfy above, densely silvery stel- 

 late-scurfy beneath, some of the scurf brown. Flowers: in short spikes 

 at the nodes of the twigs, yellowish, buds globose ; perianth four-lobed. 

 Fruit: oval, drupe-like, red or yellow. 



This shrub somewhat resembles Elccagnus arcjentca, but 

 is not nearly so silvery in appearance, the stems being cov- 

 ered with a brown scurf and the leaves being green and 

 slightly brown-scurfy on the top and silver-coated only 

 underneath. The yellow flowers are small and grow in 

 short spikes at the joints of the twigs; the fruit consists of 

 a bright scarlet or yellow berry, the flesh of which is edible, 

 though very insipid, and contains a tiny smooth nut. 



The Canada Buffaloberry grows from four to eight feet 

 high, usually near water, and when in fruit is extremely 

 ornamental. 



YELLOW WILLOW-HERB 



Epilobium luteum. Evening Primrose Family 



Stems: slender, nearly simple. Leaves: ovate, acute, sinuate-toothed, 

 sessile. Flowers: from the axils of the upper somewhat crowded leaves; 

 corolla funnel-form, rarely expanding, the lobes deeply notched ; calyx 

 short and deeply cleft. 



The pale lemon-coloured flowers of the Yellow Willow- 

 herb grow in quantities near running water, or in the deep 

 moist valleys where the rushes whisper in their husky 

 throats and the moss weaves lace-like patterns to cover the 

 ground. The plant stands from six inches to two feet high, 

 and has large, conspicuously veined leaves, with wavy mar- 

 gins, which are very sharply toothed. The flowers are 

 extremely pretty and delicate in hue; their four petals, 



