FLOWERING SHRUBS 



an odorous guin ; the flowers are tubular, divided into five 

 segments at the margin, in color varying from white to rosy- 

 pink ; the inside of the long tube is beset with silvery hairs. 

 The lovely waxy flowers are clustered at the summits of the 

 creeping stems, and give out a delightful aromatic scent. 

 The classical name of our pretty evergreen is derived from 

 the Greek, and signifies " upon the earth," in allusion to its 

 prostrate trailing habit. 



BEAKED HAZELNUT Corylus rostrata (Ait). 



The Beaked Hazelnut is a small bush, not more than three 

 to four feet high; the leaves are large, oval, and coarse in 

 texture, furrowed and dentate at the edge. The catkins 

 appear in April; the light crimson tufted pistillate flowers 

 in May. The nut is enveloped in a rough green involucral 

 calyx, which is undivided and closely invests it; this rapidly 

 diminishes in size above the nut, and is prolonged for about 

 an inch; in shape it takes the form of a hawk's bill, whence 

 the specific name rostrata, or beaked, is derived. 



The calyx is closely beset with short bristly hairs, which, 

 pierce the fingers, producing an unpleasant irritation; 

 especially is this felt when the fruit is ripe and the envelop- 

 ing case is withered and dry. The nut is sweet and well- 

 flavored, and resembles the common Filbert more than the 

 wild Hazelnut of England. The bush seems to affect dry 

 open ground and copse woods. 'There is another native 

 species, the 



AMERICAN HAZELNUT Corylus Americana (Walt.). 



This is a much taller bush, found chiefly in damp thickets, 

 the long slender wand-like nut-brown branches springing 

 from a thickened rootstock or stool, and reaching to a 



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