TREES AND SHRUBS 



Flowers pure white, all neuter, If in. diam., in a terminal compound, 

 sub-globose or pyramidal cyme, 8 ins. diam. ; peduncles with stellate scales. 



Leaves opposite, 3 ins. long, ovate, obtuse, denticulate, flat, slightly 

 scabrous, stellate furfuraceous pubescent beneath, and on sliort petioles. 



A deciduous shmh or small tree, 20 ft. ; Branches spreading, terete, stellate 

 furfuraceous ; Buds elongated, flattened, scaleless. 



Native of China and Japan; introduced from former by Fortune in 1844. 

 Specific name from Gr. makros, long or great, and kephale, a head. 



GUELDER ROSE, Fibumum Opuhs. 



Copses, hedges, gardens. June, July. In its native haimts it brightens 

 the countryside by its fine autumn foliage and blackish-red berries. 



Floivers creamy-white, in a dense corymbose cyme, sub-globose, 2-4 ins. 

 diam. ; outer flowers large, neuter ; inner ones perfect, J in. diam. ; Calyx 

 superior, 5-toothed ; Corolla rotate, .5-lobed. Stamens 5, epipetalous, alter- 

 nate with lobes, exserted, anthers versatile ; Ovary inferior, 1-celled, stigmas 

 3, sessile ; Fruit a drupe, globular, blackish-red ; seed compressed, keeled 

 on faces. 



Leaves opposite, 3-5-lobed, coarsely toothed, acute or acuminate, glabrous, 

 2-3 ins. broad ; petiole glandular, stipules small, glandular, adnate to petioles. 

 Autumn tint crimson. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-1.5 ft., in cultivation growing to a small tree; 

 always glabrous in all parts ; Bark brown ; Branches slender, lenticellate ; 

 Twigs brown or grey, glabrous, angular ; Buds small, oval, apparently only 

 one scale, red, coriaceous. 



Native of Britain. English name said to be corruption of Dutch 

 " Gheldersche Rose," a name applied to a sterile variety first cultivated at 

 Gueldres, in Holland ; also called Cranberry Tree, Dog Elder, Dog Rowan 

 Tree, Marsh or AVater Elder, and Snowball Tree. 



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