TREES AND SHRUBS 



SMOKE PLANT, Rhus Cotinus. 



Gardens, shrubberies. This is one of the most curious and remarkable of 

 hardy shrubs. Some of the pedicels are fiowerless and reduced to mere threads, 

 giving the inflorescence a wig-like appearance. In late summer and autumn the 

 leathery panicles take on a beautiful fleshy tint, and the glaucous round leaves 

 become a rosy-crimson, giving the whole plant a very striking character. It 

 will grow in some of the poorest soils. June, July. 



Flowers yellow, polygamous, minute, in a loose panicle ; some of the pedicels 

 transformed into white awns, giving a feathery appearance; Calyx 5 -partite ; 

 Petals 5 ; Stamens 5, filaments rose-red ; Ovary 1-celled ; Fruit drupaceous, 

 white, smooth, half-heart shaped ; 1-seeded, stone triangular ; pedicels long, 

 hairy ; ripe in September. 



Leaves alternate, simple, obovate or orbicular, acute, entire, stiff, coriaceous, 

 bright glossy green, strongly aromatic, 3 ins. x 2 ins. ; petioles long, slender. 

 Autumn tint reddish-yellow or crimson. 



A decidiious shrub, 6-8 ft. ; rambling ; branchlets pubescent, olive-green or 

 red ; Buds minute ; Wood yellow or greenish ; used in cabinet-work and turnery ; 

 young twigs yield yellow dye. 



Introduced from S. Europe, 1G56. Called also Wig- tree and Venetian 

 Sumach. 



SMOOTH SUMACH Rhus globra. 



Gardens. The bright red fruiting panicles are very handsome, and retain 

 their beauty well into the winter. It may be distinguished from the Staghorn 

 Sumach by the smooth wood and leaves and the more or less glaucous leaflets. 

 June. 



Flowers — Males greenish-yellow ; Females greenish-red, with crimson hairs ; 



Inflorescence a terminal panicle ; Fruit a drupe, with bright red hairs ; stone 



smooth. 



Leaves alternate, imparipinnate, leaflets 17-31, lanceolate-oblong, serrate, 



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