RUNNING STRAWBERRY BUSH 



late, bright green, varying from ovate to oblong- 

 Lanceolate, acute at apex. The flower green with 

 a suggestion of pinkish purple, home on peduncles in 

 the axils of the leaves; parts mostly in fives. The 

 fruiting capsule is rough, warty, depressed, crimson 

 when ripe, and opens to disclose its scarlet cov< 

 seeds. Euonymus americanus and Euonymus obovatus 

 are alike in their fruit; the chief specific difference 

 lies in their habits of growth. 



Wahoo, Burning Bush, Euonymus atropurpurcus, is a 

 shrub at the north, but easily becomes a tree and is 

 described among the trees. The plant is very exten- 

 sively cultivated and is worthy of all the attention 

 given it. The small flowers are purple, not green, the 

 fruit is deeply three to four-lobed, and smooth, not 

 warty. When ripe the purplish scarlet capsule opens 

 to discharge the crimson covered seeds. Like all its 

 family it holds its fruit late into the autumn. 



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