CHAPTER XY. 



n. Simple Opposite Leaves. 



2. With teeth. A. Edge not divided. 



BURNING BUSH, ETC. 



Burning Bush. 

 Wahoo, 



Evo thymus * 



atropuvpureus. 



The burning bush, sometimes called 

 wahoo and spindle tree, is most fre- 

 quently found in the form of a tall 

 shrub ; but it is very often cultivated 

 and trimmed so as to appear treelike. It sometimes 

 attains an altitude of nearly 25 feet when 

 circumstances are advantageous. The mi- 

 nutely toothed leaves are about the 

 color of those of the holly, but have 

 a waxy finish; they are from two to 

 five inches long ; in autumn they turn 

 pale yellow. The fiowers, which ap- 

 pear in June, have a four-parted ap- 

 ^"wlhlo^"^'' pearance ; the rounded petals are deep 



* Also spelled Euonymus : from el, good, and tvoiia, name, 

 because it has the bad reputation of poisoning cattle. — Oray. 



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