GUIDE TO THE SHRUBS 



f. — Flowers yellow : 



Appearing late in autumn Witch Hazel 



Appearing very early in spring Spice-bush 



g. — Fruit conspicuous, persistent : 



Scarlet Holly Family 



Gray, covered with wax Bay berry 



' Willows 

 Birches 



h. — Flowers in catkins. 



Alders 



Hazels 



Chestnut 



Bay berry Family 



Shrubs with alternate leaves not mentioned above : Hudsonia, Tam- 

 arisk, Deutzia, Forsythia, Althaea, Japan Quince, Currants. 



Leaves evergreen : 



,. S Vew Family 



a.-Ycry narrow ^ Croivberry Family 



b. — Large: 



Flower azalea-like Rhododendron 



Flower saucer-shaped Kalmias 



c. — Two to three inches long ; woolly beneath .... Labrador Tea 



C Phyllodoce 



d. — Arctic-alpine plants < Cassiope 



I Alpine Azalea 

 (Mayflower 



..-stems creeping or trailing X^BZlZ'y 



\ Cranberry 



f. — Flowers bell-shaped or urn-shaped Several genera of the 



Heath Family 



Plants with evergreen leaves not mentioned above : Inkberry, Ever- 

 green Thorn, Daphne cneorum. Sand Myrtle. 



SIGNS USED IN THIS BOOK. 



(') Acute accent over a vowel marks the short sound. 

 (^) Grave accent over a vowel marks the long sound. 

 (") The sign of degree is used for feet. 

 (') When used with figures means inches. 



