TREES AND SHRUBS 



Leaves alternate, bipinnate, 2-3 ft. long, pinnae imparipinnate, leaflets 

 15, ovate, acute, serrated at apex, coriaceous, woolly both surfaces when 

 young ; petioles spiny ; leaf scars 3 ins. in circumference. 



A deciduous shrub, 5-1 2 ft. ; T'wigs purple. 



Introduced from N. China. Syn. Dimorphantlms niandschuricus. 



HERCULES' CLUB, Aralia spinosa. 



Gardens. Best in sheltered spots. September, October. 



Floivers white, perfect or unisexual, in a terminal compound umbcUate 

 panicle ; pedicels pubescent ; Calyx gamosepalous, tube coherent with ovary ; 

 Petals 5, acute, inflexed at apex ; Stamens 5, inserted on margin of disk, 

 alternate with petals, filaments filiform, anthers introrse ; Ovary inferior, 

 2-5-celled ; styles 2-5, connivent ; stigmas capitate ; Fruit a berry, globose, 

 3-5-angled, i in. diam., crowned with blackened styles, purple, juicy ; seeds 

 2-5, small. 



Leaves alternate, tripinnate, 3-4 ft. long, 2J ft. wide, pinnaj imparipinnate, 

 leaflets 11-13, ovate, acute, dentate or crenate, rounded at base, membranous, 

 dark green above, pale beneath, 2-3 ins. long, Ij in. wide ; petioles stout, 

 18-20 ins. long, usually with slender prickles; leaf-scars 3 ins. in circum- 

 ference ; stipules acute, 1 in. long, ciliate. Autumn tint yellow. 



A deciduous tree, 30-35 ft. ; or shrub, 6-20 ft. ; Branches stout, spreading, 

 armed with stout prickles ; Txcigs orange to light brown ; Bark dark brown, 

 fissured ; Suckers freely produced ; Buds triangular, flattened ; scales brown ; 

 Wood light, soft, brittle, close-grained, brown streaked with yellow. 



Native of N. America; introduced 1088. Also called Angelica Tree. 



IVY, Hedera Helix. 



Hedgerows, trees, walls. October, November. Propagate by cuttings of 



firm shoots in ordinary soil outdoors, September — November ; in well-drained 



pots in cold fi-ame in October, or in little heat, September — November. 



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