APPENDIX I 



ILICINE^. Holly Family. 



Ilex verticillata — Black Alder. Five-ten feet; Can., 

 Fla., Wis., Miss.; June and July; low, moist ground; greenish 

 white; fruit bright red, rarely yellow; dark green; one of the 

 best hardy ornamental shrubs; prized for color of fruit. 



Ilex laevigata — Smooth Winterberry. Five-ten feet; 

 Me., Penn., Va.; May and June; wet ground; white; bright 

 red orange drupe; bright yellow; fruit attractive. 



Ilex glabra — Inkberry. Two-six feet; Mass., Miss., La.; 

 June ; sandy soil ; white ; black drupe ; bright green ; evergreen. 



Ilex opaca — American Holly. Twenty-forty feet; Me., 

 N. J., Miss., Fla., Tex.; June; moist woodlands; greenish 

 white ; berries dark scarlet ; deep green ; evergreen. 



CELASTRACE^. Staff-Tree Family. 



Euonymus obovatus — Running Euonymus. Low, strag- 

 gling; Can., Penn., Ind., Ky.; April and May; low, wet places; 

 purplish green; crimson capsule, discharging a scarlet aril; 

 dull green, pale green beneath; good cover for waste places; 

 will thrive in almost any soil. 



Euonymous americanus — Strawberry-Bush. Two-six 

 feet; N. Y., Fla., Neb., Tex.; June; low woods; yellowish or 

 reddish green ; crimson capsule, opening to discharge a scarlet- 

 covered seed; bright green; valued for ornamental fruit. 



Euonymous atropurpureus — Wahoo. Six-f ourteen feet ; 

 N. Y., Wis., Neb., Minn., south; May and June; moist soil; 

 dark purple; purpHsh scarlet, capsule covering a crimson- 

 covered seed; pale yellow; fruit ornamental in autumn. 



SAXIFRAGACE^. Saxifrage Family. 



Hydrangea arborescens — Wild Hydrangea. Four-ten 

 feet; N. J., N. Y., Fla., Tenn., Mo.; June, July; rocky, moist 



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