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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



Aucuba jap6nica. Aucuba or Japanese ' Ladkel ' (349) is an 

 evergreen shrub, with large opposite thick notched glossy and often varie- 

 gated leaves, cultivated in the Gulf states (where it is hardy) for the 

 foliage and bright one-seeded berries which are red, white, or yellow in 

 the different varieties. The flowers are small and inconspicuous, in clus- 



Fig. 349. — Aucuba. 



Fio. 351. -Hobble-bush. 







Fig. 350. — Japanese Snowball. 



Fig. 352.— European Wayfaring 

 Tree. 



