APPENDIX I 



SHRUBS FOR THE ARBORETUM 



LIST of native shrubs for the Arboretum with 

 the following data: Scientific name; common 

 name; height; distribution; time of blooming; 

 kind of soil; color of flowers; color of fruit; 

 autumnal coloring; remarks. 



TAXACE^E. Yew Family. 



Taxus canadensis American Yew. Low, straggling 

 evergreen; Can., Va., la., Mich., Minn.; April and May; low, 

 moist, shaded land; yellowish green; nut-like seed, enclosed 

 in a red, pulpy, globulous, berry-like cup. 



Taxus baccata European Yew. Thirty-forty feet; Eu- 

 rope and Western Asia ; April and May ; in moist soil ; yellow 

 green, inconspicuous; scarlet, oblong berry; dark green, yel- 

 low-green undersurf ace ; evergreen. 



Juniperus communis Common Juniper. Low tree; 

 NewEng., Minn., Rocky Mts.; dry, sterile hills; common; in- 

 conspicuous; berries bluish black, whitish bloom; evergreen; 

 endures poor soil. 



BETULACE^E. Birch Family. 



Corylus americana Hazel-Nut. Three-six feet; Me., 

 Ont., Fla., Kan.; March and April before leaves; staminate 

 flowers in drooping catkins, pistillate flowers in scaly bud; 



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