THE SPINDLE TREE. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



™SHK liusk and seed of the Spindle Tree, so beautihil and 

 decorative in form, so brilliant in colouring, are its chief 

 glorv, and the marvel ot their development trom a small 

 and insignificant blossom is none the less striking because 

 so much an everv-dav feature of plant lite. And indeed until the 

 time of fruit bearing arrives, the Spindle Tree has nothing but the 

 somewhat unusual hue of its smooth and rounded branches to mark 

 it out for the passer-bv trom manv another pretty hedgerow shrub. 



SPINDLE ILOWIZK. 



