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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



FIG. 371. American Elder. 



FIG. 372. Golden American Elder. 



.species. The silver-leaved, ar- 



ge'ntea, is a variety of the European 



and the glaucous-leaved, glaiica, 



of the American. It is generally 



easy to determine the species by 



the taller growth and smaller pith of the 



European elder. 



[Root cuttings ; twig cuttings. ] 



Symphoricarpos. The SNOWBERRIES or WAXBERRIES, 

 and CORAL-BERRIES are shrubs with close-clustered 

 fleshy 2-seeded globular white or red berries lasting 

 on the bushes through the fall and part of the win- 

 ter. The species are all American, all hardy, and are 

 popular because of the abundance and brightness of 

 the berries. The flowers are inconspicuous in size but 

 pinkish in color, in July. The fruit soon forms and, in 

 the cultivated species, is exceedingly abundant. The 

 leaves are opposite, simple, short-stemmed, feather- 

 veined with entire (sometimes lobed) edges. They 



FIG. 373. Coral- 

 berry. 



