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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS el^agnus 



wood root in sandy soil in close shaded 

 cold frames or under handlights about 

 June and July. 



E. angustifolia (Jerusalem Willow). 

 A beautiful deciduous species allied to E. 

 hortensis, native of south-east Europe, 

 often attaining tree-like proportions with 

 a trunk as much as a foot in diameter 

 near the base. Leaves long lance-shaped, 

 Willow-like, greyish-green above, silvery 

 white beneath. Flowers in summer, 

 tubular, yellow, produced in great pro- 

 fusion, and succeeded by silver - grey 

 fruits which are sweet and pleasant to 

 the taste, and abound in a dry mealy 

 sugary substance. 



Culture dc. as above. A good shrub 

 for dry poor sandy soUs. Increased by 

 seeds, cuttings, and layers. 



E. argentea (E. canadensis). — Silver 

 Berry or Missouri Silver Tree. — A beauti- 

 ful shrub, 8-10 ft. high, native of the 

 upper Missouri valley, and recognised by 

 its oval oblong wavy silvery-white leaves. 

 Flowers in July and August, yellow, 

 fragrant, tubular, in nodding axillary 

 clusters, succeeded by roimdish, silvery, 

 ribbed, dry mealy edible fruits. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 often confused with Shepherdia argentea 

 described below (p. 781). It is sometimes 

 injured by a few degrees of frost. 



E. glabra [E. reflexa). — An evergreen 

 Japanese shrub, 3-6 ft. high, with ovate 

 oblong taper-pointed leaves, green and 

 smooth above when old, and covered with 

 rusty-red scales beneath. Flowers in 

 autumn, whitish, almost solitary in the 

 leaf axUs. There is a, form called varie- 

 gata having the leaves irregularly mar- 

 gined with pale yellow. 



Culture dc. as above. E. glabra 

 grows freely in light sandy soU, and 

 makes a fine compact bush in the course 

 of two or three years. 



E. hortensis. — A handsome deciduous 

 tree native of south-east Europe, east Asia 

 &c., growing 15-20 ft. high in a wild state, 

 and having more or less spiny smooth 

 brown branches. Leaves lanoe-shaped, 

 2-3 in. long, covered with hoary stellate 

 hairs. Flowers in early summer, yellow, 

 fragrant, solitary or 3-4 together, and 

 succeeded by roundish edible fruit which 

 is much prized by the inhabitants of its 

 native country. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. longipes {E. ed^lis ; E. crispa; 

 E. odorata eduUs; E. rotundifoUa).-^ 

 An ornamental Japanese shrub, about 

 3 ft. high, with deep reddish-brown 

 branches furnished with deciduous 

 leathery leaves, dark green above, silvery- 

 white beneath. Flowers in summer, 

 succeeded in autumn by clusters of long- 

 stalked, bright orange-red, juicy fruits, 

 covered with minute white dots and hav- 

 ing a sharp, rather pungent, and agree- 

 able flavour. Pheasants, blackbirds &c. 

 are very fond of the fruits and will soon 

 strip a bush unless it is netted. It is a 

 very hardy species, and is now called E. 

 muUiflora. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. macrophylla. — A distinct ever- 

 green bushy Japanese and Chinese 

 ■ species, about 6 ft. high in cultivation but 

 said to attain tree-like proportions in a 

 wild state. Leaves large, roundish ovate, 

 about 3 in. long, smooth and greyish- 

 green above, covered with silvery scales 

 beneath. Flowers in autumn, greenish- 

 yellow, in clusters. One of the pecu- 

 liarities of this species consists in the 

 leaves having the edge curled upwards, 

 thus showing streaks of the silvery under 

 surface. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. pungens. — A pretty Japanese ever- 

 green shrub about 6 ft. high, with spiny 

 branches and oblong wavy leaves, smooth 

 and greyish-green above, silvery beneath. 

 Flowers late in summer, yellowish, one 

 or two together in the leaf axils. The 

 variety variegata is a handsome bush 

 with leaves irregularly bordered with pale 

 yellow. E. Simoni tricolor is a varie- 

 gated form having the leaves bordered 

 with dark green, the centres being green- 

 ish or golden -yellow, and aurea is a hand- 

 some shrub with brown young branches 

 and leaves variegated with green and gold, 

 the latter colour sometimes predominating. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. umbellata {E. parvifoUa). — A 

 beautiful bushy shrub foimd in a wild 

 state from the Himalayas to China and 

 Japan. The leaves are deep green when 

 old, but in a young state are sUvery-grey 

 above and white beneath ; in mild dis- 

 tricts they are persistent for one or more 

 seasons, but in cold localities deciduous. 

 The creamy white flowers appear in June 

 in great profusion. 



Culture dc. as above. 



