Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



(i) S. Fortunei: leaf serrate, oblong-lance-shaped. Flower 

 rose-colored, in flat-topped clusters ; June. 



(j) S. Thunbergii : leaf sharply serrate, oblong-lance-shaped, 

 not hairy ; branches hairy. Flowers white, 2-5-clustered ; April ; 

 3°. Japan. 



(k) S. trilobata : leaf serrate, slightly 3-lobed, roundish, not 

 hairy. Flowers white, clustered, profuse ; May ; 2°. Siberia. 

 (PI. II.) 



20. European Red-osier. (Comus sanguinea.) 

 Leaf : a'-s', simple, opposite, entire, ovate, somewhat downy 

 beneath ; branches becoming bright red at end of winter. 

 Flower : p. white, small (petals and stamens 4), in flat-topped 

 clusters, early in summer ; berries small, black or purplish. 



21. Philadelphus. (Syringa.) (P. gordonianus.) 

 Leaf : 3'-4', simple, opposite, serrate, ovate, pointed, hairy 

 both sides, branches droopipg. Flower : p. white (petals 4, 

 toothed at apex, many stamens, 4 or 5 styles more or less grown 

 together), single ; July ; 6°-9°. Northwestern America. Var. 

 aurea nana is smaller, vrith yellow foliage. 



22. Rhodotypus. (R. kerrioides.) 

 Leaf : 3', simple, opposite, irregularly and sharply senate, 

 ovate-lance-shaped, bright green, not hairy, of vivid color late in 

 fall. Floviter : p. white, neariy 2' across (petals 4, roundish, 

 stamens many, sepals large), single, terminal ; April and all sum- 

 mer ; somewhat resembles a rose. Japan. 



23. Hydrangea. (H. nivea.) 

 Leaf • 2'-4', simple, opposite, serrate, ovate or slightly cor- 

 date, pointed, white-woolly beneath, green and smooth above. 

 Flower : p. white (calyx 4-5-toothed, small petals as many as 

 calyx-teeth, stamens 8-io), in flat cymes, a few marginal flowers 

 sterile and enlarged. Southern States. 



24. Hydrangea. (H. paniculata grandiflora.) 

 Leaf : 3'-$', simple, opposite, serrate, long-ovate, pointed, 

 slightly hairy. FLOWER : white, afterward rosy, sterile (con- 

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