HOW TO KNOW THE SHRUBS 

 GROWING IN BRITAIN— I 



Witli Notes, descriptive and photographic, for their Identification 

 in all Seasons of the Year 



By HENRY IRVING 



THE WILD GUELDER ROSE AND THE 

 WAYFARING TREE 



NO very hard and fast division can be as in the Apple group. The buds and 

 made between the Trees and the leaves arc in opposite pairs. 

 Shrubs. Some 

 trees, under certain con- 

 ditions, or as the result 

 of accident, may assume 

 tlie shrubby habit : and 

 some shrubs may, from 

 some predetermining 

 cause, become small 

 standard trees. 



The shrubs are those 

 which, by putting up 

 several stems simul- 

 taneously, of about 

 equal strength, e\ince 

 a decided tendency to 

 grow bushy. Generally, 

 also, the lowermost buds 

 on these stems grow 

 out earliest and more 

 strongly, so confirming 

 this habit of growth. 



THE WILD GUELDER 

 ROSE 



This shrub is classed 

 with the Honevsuckles 

 in company with the 

 Wayfaring Tree, the 

 Elder, and the Snow- 

 berry. The chief point 

 they have in common 

 is with respect to the 

 flower, whose five i)etals 

 are united, forming a 

 tube to which the 

 stamens are attached. 

 This falls awav in a 

 single piece. 'Iln' fiuit 

 grows beneath the calvx 

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Kosi;. 



