158 MANURES FOR FRUIT TREES 



The unripe fruits of the buckthorn produce a 

 yellow dye, and when ripe they yield, with 

 alum, the pigment — sap-green. 



The juice of the fruit has a purgative action, 

 and is given to dogs, cats and other animals. 

 Rhamnus Frangula (alder buckthorn) is a 

 deciduous shrub, the bark of which is used in 

 medicine as a tonic and laxative. 



Rhaphiolepis [Rhaphiolepis indica or 

 Crataegus indica, Natural Order, Eosacese) is a 

 half-hardy evergreen flowering shrub. It grows in 

 equal parts of peat, loam and silver sand in well- 

 drained borders, and in sunny rockeries, or 

 sheltered borders for the hardy species, R. 

 japonica. 



The ashes of this shrub contain in 100 parts : — 



Rhododendron [Rhododendron ferrugineum, 

 Natural Order, Ericaceae) is a hardy evergreen 



