HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY. Caprifoliaccae. 



There are several kinds of Symphoricarpos, of Nortl 

 America and Mexico; low, branching shrubs, with small 

 leaves, scaly leaf-buds, and small, pink or white flowers, 

 with two bracts, in clusters; the calyx roundish, with four 

 or five teeth; the corolla regular, more or less bell-shaped, 

 with four or five lobes; the fruit a roundish, white or red 

 berry, containing two bony seeds. We often find Snow- 

 berries cultivated in old-fashioned gardens. 



An attractive shrub, about four feet 

 hi g h with slender branches and yellowish 



racemdsus twigs. The pretty leaves are mostly 



Pink smooth, rich green, but not glossy, paler 



Spnng, su an( j some times downy on the under side, 



thin, but rather crisp in texture, usually 

 with a few shallow scallops along the margins. The 

 flowers are about a quarter of an inch long, with bell- 

 shaped corollas, purplish-pink outside, white and woolly 

 in the inside, the stamens and style not protruding. The 

 berry is large and pure- white, with white, almost tasteless 

 pulp, which is said to be slightly poisonous. This is very 

 common in California, in the hill country, and is found 

 across the continent. 



A straggling shrub, from two to three 

 o* feet hi g h with sma11 ' slightly velvety, 

 longifldrus rather pale green leaves, white on the 



White under side, sometimes set edgewise on the 



Summer gtem> The fl owe rs are aDO ut half an 



Arizona 



inch long, with a slender, white, salver- 



form corolla, with widely separating lobes and very smooth 

 inside, the anthers partially protruding from the throat, 

 and the pretty berries are waxy-white. This grows at 

 the Grand Canyon. 



A branching shrub, not especially 

 Snowberry pretty, about three feet high, with shreddy 



Symphoricarpos f Jt . . . ' . U1 . ^ 



oredphilus bark P mklsh twigs, and light, bluish- 



Pink green, toothless leaves, usually smooth. 



Spring, summer The flowers are about half an inch long, 

 Waho, Utah, with a tubu j ar corolla, with short lobes. 



flesh-color, tinged with purplish-pink, the 

 stamens and style not protruding and the buds purplish- 

 pink. This grows in the mountains, up to eight or t&* 

 thousand feet. 



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