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greatly admired for their enlivening appearance during this 

 dreary season. There are several varieties of this species, 

 viz. 



Deefi Red Berried. 

 Pale Red Berried. 

 White Berried. 

 Broad Leaved. 

 Variegated Leaved. 



Muonymus atrofiurfiureus, or Purfile Flowered. This 

 considerably resembles the foregoing, but it is of m.n'e vigor- 

 ous growth, and has less of the quadrangular appearance in 

 the snoots ; the berries are large, generally detp red, and in 

 great abundance, and the purple flowers easily distinguish 

 it. There is a variety with pale red fruit. 



Euonymus amtricanus^ or Evergreen. This holds its 

 foliage considerably during winter, whence its tills. Ii is of 

 lower growth than those before mentioned, seldom rising 

 above six feet, and the shoots are more delicate. When 

 loaded with its beautiful scarlet fruit, this shrub forms a great 

 attraction, and it is this species which ha.s more particularly 

 received the appellation of Burning Bush. There is also 

 a lew trailing variety. 



Oleaster, or Elcagnus.Ol' this there are several species. 



Eteagnus angustifotius, or Narrow Leaved The foliage 

 of this species is white* or silvery, and the young bra-iches 

 are also while, which give to it a peculiar appearance; the 

 leaves are, to the touch, as soft as satin, and continue on the 

 greater part of the winter; the Bowers are produced in July, 

 but make no figure : they are small, white, of a strong 

 scent, and are succeeded by fruit resembling small olives. 



Elcagnus latifQlius^ or Broad Leaved. The leaves of 

 this are more than twice the size of the preceding, green on 

 the upper surface, and of a silvery hue beneath. It is a fine 

 shrub for ornament, and both this and the foregoing are but 

 lately introduced to tins country, and consequently little 

 known. 



Shrubby Horsetail^ or Ehhedra distachya. This is an 

 evergreen shrub, growing to the height of four or five feet; 

 it is noted for its nuked appearance, and throws out its 

 numerous shoots in thick and dense bunches, resembling a 

 horse's tail. It is one of the oddities which serve to orna- 



