TREES AND SHRUBS 



" Witch Knots " produced by E.voascus Carpini ; Leaves subject to 

 Hornbeam anthracnose [Gloeospojium Carpini) and Hornbeam-leaf Blotch 

 ( Gnomoniella jimbriata). 



AMERICAN HORNBEAM, Carpinus caroliniana. 



Parks, gardens. May. 



Flowers monoecious; 3Iale catkins \\ in. long, scales ovate, acute, boat- 

 shaped, lower half green, upper bright red ; Females \-^ in. long, scales green, 

 ovate, acute, hairy, styles scarlet ; Fridt a nut, bracteole, 2-3-lobed, serrated, 

 1-lJ in. long, 1 in. wide, catkin 5-6 ins. long. 



Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, doubly serrated, glandular, 

 entire at base, thin, firm, dull blue-green above, light yellow-green below, 

 tomentose in axils of veins, 2-4 ins. long, 1-lf in. wide; petioles slender, terete, 

 hairy ; stipules ovate-lanceolate, acute, pubescent, ciliate. Autumn tints scarlet 

 and orange. 



A deciduous t7-ee, 30-40 ft. ; Branches long, slender, spreading, pendulous at 

 extremities ; Ttvigs silky when young, orange-brown to dark red, finally grey 

 tinged red ; Bark grey-brown ; Buds ovate, acute ; scales brown, scarious 

 margins ; Jf^ood light brown. 



Native of N. America. 



COMMON HAZEL, Cori/lus Avelkma. 



Woods, copses, hedges. February — April. Propagated by layering of 

 strong shoots in November, removed and planted in following autumn ; suckers 

 in October ; seeds (nuts) sown 2 ins. deep in open ground in October or Nov- 

 ember, transplanting seedlings two years afterwards. 



Floivers grey-green, monoecious, anemophilous, appearing before leaves are 



out; Male catkins cylindrical, drooping, I2-2 ins. long, without perianth; 



Stamens 8, filaments short, anther-cells separate, tips hairy, bracts sessile, broad, 



cuneate, with 2 scale-hke bracteoles ; Female catkins small, bud-like, crimson ; 



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