ELi^AGNACEi^ 



Leaves alternate, lanceolate, often ovate on young trees and vigorous shoots, 

 icute, serrate, upper surface dull greyish-green, scattered stellate scales, under- 

 side silvery -grey, densely covered with stellate scales, blade 2-3 ins, long. 



A deciduous tree, 15 20 ft. ; Branches glabrous, thorny, shining reddish- 

 brown ; hranchlets silvery-grey. 



Native of Asia; naturalised in S. Europe; introduced 1633. Syn. E. 

 hortensis. 



SILVER BERRY, Elccagnus argcntca. 



Gardens, shrubberies. July, August. 



Floivers yellow, small, fragrant, silvery, |-| in. long, in an a.villarij cluster, 

 nodding ; Perianth lobes ovate, J^ in. long ; Fruit a drupe, roundish-ovate, J-^ 

 in. long, ribbed, silvery scales, stone 8-striate. 



Leaves alternate, oval-oblong, acute or obtuse, waved, glabrous both surfaces, 

 silvery scales, shortly petiolate, 3 in. long, li in. wide. 



A deciduous shrub, 8-12 ft.; Branches spreading, rusty-brown, becoming 

 silvery. 



Introduced from N. America, 1813. 



LARGE-LEAVED OLEASTER, Ekmgnus vmcrophylla. 



Gardens, shrubberies. October. This is a distinctive species, with large 

 roundi.sh silvery leaves having a tendency to curl at the edges, and silvery- 

 white blossoms emitting a perfume like Gardenia. It makes a good specimen 

 for a west wall, and does well in sandy peat. 



Floivers silvery- white, fragrant, ^ in. long, densely clothed with silvery scales, 

 axillary, solitary or forming clusters, pedicels silvery-white ; Perianth campanu- 

 late, 4-lobed, lobes ovate, as long as tube ; Stamens 4, alternate with lobes, 

 filaments very short ; Ovary superior, style curved ; Fruit a drupe, scarlet. 



Leaves alternate, roundish-ovate, obtuse or acute, margin wavy, glabrous, 



dark glossy green above, bright silvery scales beneath, 2\ ins. long, 1^ in. wide, 



petioles silvery. 



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