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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



Grevillea robiista. GRKVILI.KA (5:18), the so-called SILK 'O.\K,' is a 



iit'ul tVrn-leaved plant \\hich in the open in the extreme South forms 

 a tall tree. It is usually cultivated as a pot plant, and in this condition 

 has its greatest heaut\ \\lien less than 10 feet high, so it is raised each 

 \ear from seeds. The (lowers and fruit are .small and inconspicuous, and. 

 of course, do not appear on these young plants. Very ornamental as 



a foliage plant. 



[Seeds.] 



Phoradendron flavescens. The AMERICAN MISTLETOE (5.39) grows wild 

 as a parasitic plant on several deciduous trees, more frequently on the Sour 



(him and the Ked Maple, and is gathered 

 for Christmas decorations. It grows in 

 large dense bunches, with opposite, entire, 

 fleshy, yellowish-green evergreen leaves and 

 stems, and small white globular berries. 



[Seeds.] 



FIG. 541. Chinese Elm. 



FIG. 540. Common Boxwood. 



Buxus. The BOXWOODS or Box 

 THEES are extensively cultivated ever- 

 green shrubs or small trees with small 

 opposite entire leaves. They are dense 

 but slow L rowing plants, frequently 

 used for pruning into fantastic shapes and as borders to flower beds and 

 paths. There are a score of named varieties differing in size of leaves and 

 tallness of growth. The flowers and fruit are inconspicuous. 



Tlie tallest growing form sometimes reaches the height of 25 feet, TREE 

 Box or COMMON BOXWOOD (540) Buxus seinpe'rvirens, with square, 

 and siiini'what hairy stems- and rounded leaves -| to 1} inch long. This 

 species has several frms \\ith variegated foliage: arge'nteo-marginata, 

 \\hite-edued; a hreo-marginata, yellow-edged ; aiirea, yellow-leaved. The 

 smallest Crowing form of this Chinese species is suffruticdsa (nana). A 

 less hardy species growing to the height of feet with more wedge-shaped 

 leaves is the JAPAN Box Buxus japonica, this also has several color 



