GUIDE TO THE SHRUBS 



/. Flowers yellow : 



Appearing late in autumn .................. Witch Hazel 



Appearing very early in spring ............... Spice-busk 



g. Fruit conspicuous, persistent : 



Scarlet .................................. Holly Family 



Gray, covered with wax ...................... Bayberry 



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7z. Flowers in catkins 



Birches 



, 

 Hazels 



Chestnut 

 Bayberry Fa m ily 



Shrubs with alternate leaves not mentioned above : Hudsonia, Tam- 

 arisk, Deutzia, Forsythia, Althaea, Japan Quince, Currants. 



Leaves evergreen : 



a.- Very narrow ................... \ ^ Family 



{ Lrowberry family 



b. Large; 



Flower azalea-like ....................... Rhododendron 



Flower saucer-shaped ................... Kalmias 



c. Two to three inches long ; woolly beneath .... Labrador Tea 



SPhyllodoce 

 Cassiope 

 Alpine Azalea 



(Mayflower 

 ,-Stems creeping or tracing ..................... jfS 



1, Cranberry 



f. Flowers bell-shaped or urn-shaped ..... Several genera of the 



Heath Family 



Plants with evergreen leaves not mentioned above : Inkberry, Ever- 

 green Thorn, Daphne cncorum, Sand Myrtle. 



SIGNS USED IN THIS BOOK. 



(') Acute accent over a vowel marks the short sound. 

 ( s ) Grave accent over a vowel marks the long sound. 

 () The sign of degree is used for feet. 

 (') When used with figures means inches. 



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