GUIDE TO THE SHRUBS 



f. — Flowers yellow : 



Appearing late in autumn Witch Hazel 



Appearing very early in spring Spice-busk 



g. — Fruit conspicuous, persistent : 



Scarlet Holly Family 



Gray, covered with wax Bay berry 



r Willows 



Birches 



. r . . . . Alders 



h. — Flowers in catkins a Hazels 



Chestnut 

 \B ay berry Family 



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

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



Leaves evergreen : 



, r \ Yew Family 



a. — Very narrow < ~ , -v, ., 



3 ( Lrowberry family 



b. — Large: 



Flower azalea-like Rhododendron 



Flower saucer-shaped Kalmias 



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



( Phyllodoce 

 d. — Arctic-alpine plants < Cassiope 



( Alpine Azalea 



(Mayflower 



..-Stems creeping or trailing J *££% 



\ 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 cncorum, Sand Myrtle. 



SIGNS USED IN THIS BOOK. 



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

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

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

 (') When used with figures means inches. 



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