ROSACEA 



Leaves alternate, petiolate, serrate, acute, glabrous, 2-3 ins. long. 

 A deciduous shrub, 4-6 ft. ; Branches bright brown ; Twigs red-brown. 

 Native of Alabama; introduced 1880. Named after Rev. R. D. Nevius, 

 who discovered it in Alabama, 1857. 



BRUSH BUSH, Eucryphia pinnatifolia. 



Gardens. July, August. Thrives best in peaty loam and sheltered position. 

 One of the most handsome of summer flowering shrubs, its four large shell-like 

 petals reminding one of a Stuartia, while its cluster of stamens gives it a close 

 resemblance to the St. John's Worts. Propagated by cuttings of young shoots 

 in pots of sandy soil in cold frame in summer ; layering of shoots in October. 



Flowers white, 2^-3 ins. diam.; usually borne in pairs near upper part of 

 branches; Calyx 5-lobed; Petals 4, obovate; Stamens numerous, anthers red 

 at first, afterwards bright yellow; Fruit a capsule (follicle), hard, woody. 



Leaves alternate, pinnate, leaflets 3-5, acute, serrate, dark glossy green. 

 Autumn tints crimson, scarlet, and gold. 



An evergreen shrub, 10-20 ft.; growth slow. 



Native of S. Chili; first discovered by Gray, 1845; introduced about 

 1877. Generic name from Gr. eu, well, and kryphios, covered, referring to 

 the imbricate calyx. 



WHITE-STEMMED BRAMBLE, Rubus biflorus. 



Gardens, shrubberies. May. The finest of the White-stemmed Brambles, 

 made conspicuous by the waxy bloom secreted on the bark. It thrives best 

 in a good loamy soil. Old flowering stems should be cut out in December. 

 Propagated by division, October to May ; seeds sown in shady border as 

 soon as ripe, or in shallow pans with sandy peat and leaf-mould in a cold frame. 



Flowers white, |-f in. diam., 1-3 together on axillary, slender, drooping 



peduncles, the last armed with prickles ; Calyx 5-lobed, pubescent, persistent ; 



Petals 5 ; Stamens numerous, perigynous ; Ovary superior, carpels numerous, 



inserted on a convex receptacle ; Fruit an etaerio of fleshy drupels, 20-30, 



golden-yellow, globose, J in. diam. 



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