EUONYMUS 



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cemes, June, July. The fruit are small, 2-celled, 2-seeded pods less tlian 

 1 Incli in diameter. [Seeds ; twig cuttings under glass.] 



Eu6nymus. The Burning 

 Bushes or Spindi.k Tukes have 

 flat greenish 4- or 5-petaled flowers, 



Fig. 80. — Warty Euonymus. 



Fig. 81. — European Spindle Tree. 



opposite leaves and generally 4-sided twigs. The bright two-colored 

 fruit, which is very ornamental in the fall, is a good characteristic 

 for the determination of the group 

 by the beginner in the study of 

 shrubs. These two colors are 

 shown when the capsule bursts 

 open and the bright red- or orange- 

 coated seeds appear. 



Running Euonymus, (75) or 

 Strawberry Bush — Euonymus 

 obovktus — has a straggling growth 

 2 to 5 feet high, thrives well in shady 

 places, and receives its name from 

 the rough warty strawberry-like 

 look to its capsules. The Ameri- 

 can Burning Bush (76) — Euony- 

 mus atropurpureus — has smooth 

 deeply 3-4-1 obed red capsules and 

 grows to the height of 6 to 25 feet. 

 The European species differs from 

 the American one in that the an- Fig. 82. — Broad-leaved Spiudle Tree. 



