180 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



ous one can be grown north to Massachusetts. The fruits retain their 

 color until midwinter and are not eaten by the birds. 



[Seeds; twig cuttings ; layers.] 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF PHOTINIA 



* Leaves deciduous ; flowers in corymbs lJ-3 inches broad ; hardy to 



Massachusetts. Upright shrub to 15 feet with slender branches ; 

 leaves short-stemmed, broadening towards the tip, acute-pointed, 

 sharply serrate, dark green and smooth above (1^-3 inches long) ; 

 flowers white in clusters terminating short side-branches, June ; 

 pomes J inch long, bright scarlet on warty stems. Cokymbed 

 PuoTiNiA — Photinia vill6sa. 



* Leaves evergreen, smooth; flowers in large panicles, May-July; 



fruit bright red ; hardy south. (A.) 



A. Shrub to 20 feet ; leaves dark shining above, yellowish green 

 below, 5-7 inches long, finely serrate ; flower- and fruit-clusters 

 inches broad, fruit J inch, red, stamens 20 ; hardy with protec- 

 tion to Washington. Panicled Photinia (275) — Photinia 

 serrul&ita. 



A. Shrub to 8 feet ; leaves tapering at base, broadening near tip, 

 finely serrate, 2-4 inches long ; flower- and fruit-clusters 2-4 

 inches broad, stamens 20. Smooth Photinia — Photinia glabra. 



A. Shrub or small tree to 20 feet ; leaves broadening towards base, 

 acute at both ends, sharply serrate, shining above (2-4 inches 

 long) ; flower- and fruit-clusters broad, 2-5 inches ; stamens 10; 

 pomes bright red, ^ inch. Christmas Berry or Toyon (276) — 

 Photinia (Heteromfeles) arbutif61ia. 



Ameldnchier. The Jcnebeekies, Shad Bcshes, or Service-berries 

 are shrubs or small trees with early flowers haying 5 usually long and nar- 

 row petals and many stamens. The small purple edible pomes are ripe in 

 June and July. There are several varieties or species which are desirable 

 shrubs, though infrequent in cultivation. The dwarf species furnish very 

 good small sweet summer fruits with about 10 seeds. Until recent years 

 about all the forms have been considered as varieties of one species, but 

 now that the modern worker has taken hold of the matter no one can 

 predict what the result will be. The early bloom, when the leaves are 

 just appearing, with the elongated petals and the early ripening of the 

 several-seeded sweet berry, will enable one to recognise the genus. The 

 leaves are simple, alternate, feather-veined and with usually notched 

 edges. The most easily recognized differences between tlie named species 

 will be found in the foliage. [Seeds ; suckers.] 



