02 l>Ksri!ll'Tlo.\s OK THE SHRUHS 



thers of the flowers are not sessile and it is not so tall-growing, 3 to 15 

 feet. WINGED Bi i:\ixc; BUSH (77) Euonymus alatus from Japan 

 has usually broadly ridged or winged stems. There is an evergreen spindle 

 tree from Japan often cultivated though not fully hardy North ; of this 

 there are a number of varieties with white- and yellow-blotched leaves. 

 Most of the species blooin in June and all from May to July. 



[Seeds (^slow ; twig cuttings.] 



KEY TO THE BURNING BUSHES 



* Leaves evergreen, thick and glossy, 1-3 inches long. (A.) 



A. Erect to 10 feet. JAPANESE SPINDLE TREE (78) Euonymus 

 jap6nicus. 



A. Trailing, procumbent or climbing. CLIMBING EUONYMUS 



Euonymus radicans. 



* Leaves thinner and deciduous. (B.) 



B. Stem broadly ridged with wing-like corky growths. WINGED 

 BURNING BUSH (76) Euonymus alatus. 



B. Stem usually somewhat 4-angled but not winged. (C.) 

 C. Fruit rough, warty, strawberry-like. (D). 



D. Upright shrub to 8 feet. ERECT STRAWBERRY BUSH (79) 

 Euonymus americanus. 



D. Procumbent to 1 foot. RUNNING EUONYMUS (75) or STRAW- 

 BERRY BUSH Euonymus obovatus. 



C. Fruit more or less deeply 3-5-lobed. (E.) 



E. Branches densely warty; erect to 6 feet. WARTY EUONY- 



M i s (80) Euonymus verrucosus. 

 E. Branches smooth. (F.) 



F. Flowers purplish with yellow anthers ; low shrub to 2 feet 

 with linear leaves. NARROW-LEAVED BURNING BUSH 

 Euonymus nanus. 

 F. Flowers yellowish with yellow anthers; shrub to 1"> 



feet. (G.) 



G. Clusters 3-7 -flowered ; capsule deeply 4-lobed. EURO- 

 PEAN SPINDLE TREE (81) Euonymus europtfeus. 

 G. Clusters more flowered ; capsule winged, large ; leaves 

 large, 2-4 inches long. BROAD-LEAVED SPINDLE TRKE 

 (82) Euonymus latifolius. 



F. Flowers purple with purple anthers. BURNING BUSH (7H) 

 or WAAHOO Euonymus atropurpureus. 



