TREES AND SHRUBS 



An evergreen shrub, 6 8 ft. ; Branches erect, spreading, angled ; 2\vigs covered 

 with silvery and ferruginous scales ; Buds small, scales ferruginous. 



Native of China and Japan. Known in Japan as "Fon Gumi." i 



LONG-STALKED OLEASTER, E/ceag,ms nmltiflora. 



Gardens, shrubberies. May. The silvery leaves are in striking contrast 

 with the dark reddish-brown twigs, and make this a very desirable species ; 

 indeed, it is one of the best. 



Fhxvers whitish, in axiUary clusters, pedicels long ; F^ruit a drupe, oblong, 

 orange-red, transparent, small ferruginous scales, pedicels long ; used for jelly. 



Leaves alternate, ovate, acute or obtuse, entire, green above, silvery-white 

 beneath, dotted with ferruginous scales, 2 ins. long, 1 in. wide. 



An evergreen shrub, 8-15 ft. ; Branches erect; Twigs reddish-brown, scurfy 

 with ferruginous scales ; Buds ovoid, reddish-brown with similar scales. 



Native of China and Japan; introduced 1873. Syns. E. edulis and 

 E. longipes. 



SEA BUCKTHORN, Hippopha; rhamnoides. 



Sandy shores and sea cliffs. May, June. A handsome berry-bearing 

 shrub, which grows remarkably well in rich damp soil near ponds, lakes, or rivers. 

 Propagated by cuttings of roots in ordinary soil outdoors in February or March ; 

 layering of shoots in autumn ; suckers in autumn ; seeds sown outdoors when 

 ripe, November or December. 



Floxvers yellow, dioecious, appearing with young leaves on erect dwarf shoots, 

 small and inconspicuous. Male flowers in small catkin-like spikes in axils 

 of lowest scale-like bracts, perianth of 2 ligulate lobes ; Stamens 4, filaments 

 short, anthers yellow. Females, crowded, solitary in each axil, perianth tubular, 

 minutely 2-lobed, beset with speltate scales ; Ovari/ superior, 1-celIed, style 

 shortly protruding, stigma erect ; Fruit a drupe, berry-like, a membranous 

 utricle enclosed in succulent calyx tube, globose or oblong, } in. diam., orange- 

 yellow, spotted. 



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