TREES AND SHRUBS 



JAPANESE WINEBERRY, Bubus phcenicolasius. 



Gardens, rockeries. A handsome straggling Bramble of vigorous growth, 

 well suited for low fences or bold rockwork. It has large handsome foliage, 

 and its somewhat unique blossoms are followed by large scarlet fruits, which 

 are very sweet and juicy. June, July. 



Flowers pale pink or whitish, inconspicuous in a terminal raceme; Calyx 

 1^-2 ins. diam., covered with reddish glandular hairs ; Petals minute, erect ; Fi'uit 

 an etasrio of some forty ellipsoid drupels ; scarlet, ovoid-oblong, f in. long, edible. 



Leaves alternate, 5-7 ins. long, upper ones simple, others pinnately trifoliate, 

 leaflets crenate, white tomentum beneath, glandularly hirsute. 



A deciduous sh?'ub, 10 ft. ; sub-scandent ; Stems covered with stiff, long, red- 

 purple glandular hairs and prickles. 



Introduced from Japan, 1877. 



SALMON BERRY, Bubus spectabiUs. 



Gardens. April, May. 



Flowers purple, large, fragrant, peduncles solitary or in pairs, 1-2 flowered, 

 drooping ; Sepals hairy at base, shorter than petals ; Fr^dt an et«rio of drupels, 

 yellow or red, ovoid, acid, ripe in June or July. 



Leaves alternate, trifoliate, lateral leaflets distant from terminal, often 

 deeply 2-lobed, ovate, serrate, acuminate, membranous, nearly glabrous, downy 

 when young. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-10 ft. ; Stems erect, terete, unarmed or with deciduous 

 prickles, flexuose, thin ; Suckers freely produced. 



Native of California; introduced from N. America by Douglas, 1827. 



SHRUBBY CINQUEFOIL, Pot ent ilia fruticosa. 



Rocky banks, gardens. June — August. Thrives in fairly light, loamy soil, 



with plenty of moisture at roots. A charming small shrub, bearing a profusion 



of bright golden-yellow blossoms. Seeds are sown in shallow pans or boxes 



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