TREES AND SHRUBS 



thrive in ordinary garden soil. The deciduous species are suitable for the 

 shrubbery. Those of an evergreen nature should be planted against south 

 or west walls, or as edgings to beds, or in front of shrubberies. They are 

 propagated by cuttings of shoots of previous year's growth, 3 ins. long, inserted 

 in sandy soil in a frame or cold greenhouse in early autumn. 



Floxvers greenish-purple, small, in a 1-3 flowered panicled cyme ; peduncles 

 slender ; Petals nearly orbicular, claw short ; Fruit a capsule, 3-5-lobed, prickly, 

 waited, deep crimson ; seeds white, with scarlet arillus, ripe in October. 



Leaves elliptical-lanceolate, shortly petiolate, serrated, coriaceous, acute, 

 deep shining green above, more or less persistent. 



A deciduous shrub, 2-6 ft. Branches slender, spreading ; shoots smooth, 

 quadrangular, deep green when leafless. 



Sometimes called " Strawberry Bush," because fruit resembles that of 

 Common Arbutus. 



Introduced from N. America, 1686. 



BURNING BUSH, Euonymus atropnrpureus. 



Shrubberies. The scarlet arillus makes the fruit very attractive in autumn. 

 May, June. 



F/ozvers dark purple ; nearly I in. diam ; Inflorescence a trichotomous cyme, 

 axillary peduncles 5-15 flowered, compressed. Calyx lobes 4, rounded or 

 acute ; Petals usually 4, nearly orbicular, often erose at margins ; Stamens 4, 

 alternate with petals, anthers spreading ; Capsules light purple, smooth, 

 4-celled, deeply 3-4-lobed, ^ in. diam. ; seeds 2 in each cell, chestnut-brown 

 wrinkled coat, scarlet aril ; ripe in October. 



Leaves oval-oblong, petiolate, serrated, acuminate, thin, puberulent beneath, 

 1^-5 ins. long, 1-2| ins. wide. Autumn tint pale yellow. 



A deciduous shrub, 5-12 ft.; Branches spreading, slender, terete; Twigs 



4-angled ; Bark thin, ashy-grey ; Buds acute, scales purple, scarious, glaucous ; 



Wood heavy, hard, close-grained, white tinged with orange. 



Introduced from N. America, 1756. 



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