CAPRIFOLIACE^ 



SNOWBALL TREE, nhimnm Opulus, V. sterile. 



Gardens, shrubberies. It loves a good soil and abundant moisture. June. 

 F'lowers white, all neuter, in a globular corymbose cyme. 

 Leaves opposite, 3-lobed, coarsely and unevenly serrated, veins prominent 

 on underside. 



A deciduous shrub, 10 15 ft. ; young hvigs green, brown when older. 

 Origin unknown. 



LAURUSTINUS, rihvrmim Tinns. 



Gardens and shrubberies. October — March. The briglit glossy evergreen 

 foliage and pinkish-white flowers place this in the first position among the 

 winter-flowering shrubs. A rather light warm soil brings it to the greatest 

 perfection. 



Flowers white, rose-coloured before expansion, in a flat corymbose cyme; 

 Calyx gamosepalous, 5-toothed, superior; Corolla gamopetalous, epigynous, 

 rotate, 5-lobed ; Stamens 5. epipetalous, alternate with lobes, anthers versatile ; 

 Ovary inferior, 1 -celled, stigma sessile; Fruit a drupe, dark blue. 



Leaves opposite, ovate-oblong, petiolate, entire, acute, bright glossy green, 

 glabrous, exstipulate, veins glandular, hairy, 2^ ins. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 6-10 ft. ; Branches erect ; Tivigs red ; Bark 

 smooth ; Lenticels conspicuous. 



Native of S. Europe; introduced 1596. It was the "Wild Bale" of 

 Gerarde. 



PLAITED GUELDER ROSE, ribumum tomentosum, v. plicatum. 



Gardens, shrubberies. This is commonly considered the best of the 

 Viburnums. May, June. 



Flowers snow-white, turning pmplish when fading, all neuter, in a 



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