TREES AND SHRUBS 



PORTUGAL LAUREL, Prunus lusitanica. 



Shrubberies. A fine evergreen of very hardy growth, able to resist severe 

 frost. June. 



Flowers white, resembling Common Laurel, in an erect axillary raceme, 

 longer than leaves ; Fruit a drupe, ovate, red. 



Leaves ovate-lanceolate petiolate, serrated, thin, hard, not glandular, dark 

 green, pendent, not scented of almonds, petioles purplish. 



An evergreen shrub, or tree, 10-25 ft. ; Branches erect, spreading ; Buds 

 and twigs purple-red ; Bark on old trees rough. 



A native of Portugal; there 40-60 ft.; introduced, 1648. More hardy 

 than Common Laurel ; and one of the most elegant shrubs. 



OSO BERRY, NuttaUa cerasiformis. 



Gardens, shrubberies. February, March. A very pretty and exceptionally 

 free-flowering shrub, one of the first to bloom. Its short, stiff, pendulous 

 racemes have much the appearance of a Currant. It likes a rich soil and 

 sheltered position. It is usually propagated by suckers planted in October or 

 November ; seeds may be sown in shady position outdoors in spring or 

 autumn. Necessary pruning should be done immediately after flowering. 



Flowers dull white, dioecious in an axillary drooping raceme; Calyx 

 gamosepalous, 5-lobed, inferior; Petals 5, perigynous ; Stamens 15, perigynous; 

 Ovary superior, carpels 5 ; Fruit a drupe, coriaceous, purple bloom, 5 carpels, 

 2-3 seeds ; not often fruiting in England. 



Leaves alternate, obovate, petiolate, obtuse or acute, entire. 



A deciduous shrub, 5-8 ft. ; nearly globose, branching freely ; Suckers 

 abundant ; Twigs brown ; Buds yellow-green. 



Native of California ; introduced 1848. Genus named after Thomas 

 Nuttall, a North American botanist ; died 1859. 



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