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BOTANY. 



shrubs, found mostly in the mountains of Southern Asia. The Oleaster 

 {Elceagnus hortensia) of Southern Europe is there much planted for its 

 odoriferous flowers ; it is occasionally planted in this country. 



Sheplieidia Canadensu, ot the Northeastern United States, and S. 

 argentea, the BufEalo-Berry of the Rocky Mountains and the Great 

 Plains, are frequently cultivated for their acid fruits, which are about 

 as large as currants. 



Order Hernandiese, including a few tropical trees. 



Figs. 398-403.— Illustbations op Laukus nobilis. 



FiQ. 400. 



Fig. 398.— Male flower, Magnitted. 

 Fig, 400.— Female flower. Magnified. 

 Pig. 402.— Diagram of female lower. 



Fig. 401. 



Fig. 399. — Diagram of male flower. 

 Fig. 401.— Section of female flower. 



Order Thymelseacese.— Shrubby plants, mostly of the Southern 

 Hemisphere. Of the 378 species we have in the United States but one 

 representative, viz., the Monse-wood or "Wicopy " {Direa palustris), a 

 small shrub with exceedingly tough bark. 



Daphne Mezereum, a poisonous shrub of Europe, is frequently culti- 

 vated here for its sweet-smelling flowers. 



The bark of many species is used in their native countries for makinof 



