EUONYMUS 



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cemes, June, July. The fruit are small, 2-celled, 2-seeded pods less than 

 J incli in diameter. [Seeds ; twig cuttings under glass.] 



Euflnymus. The BnKNiNG 

 Bdshes or Spindle Trees have 

 flat greenish 4- or 5-petaled flowers, 



FiQ. 80. — Warty Euonymus. 



Fig. 81, — European Spindle Tree. 



opposite leaves and generally 4-sided twigs. The 

 fruit, which is very ornamental in the fall, is a 

 for the determination of the group 

 by the heginner in the study of 

 shruhs. These two colors are 

 shown when the capsule hursts 

 open and the bright red- or orange- 

 coated seeds appear. 



Running Euontmus, (75) or 

 Steawberkt Bbsh — Euonymus 

 obovitus — has a straggling growth 

 2 to 5 feet high, thrives well in shady 

 places, and receives its name from 

 the rough warty- strawberry-like 

 look to its capsules. The Ameri- 

 can Burning Bush (76)— Euony- 

 mus atropurptireus — has smooth 

 deeply 3-4-lobed red capsules and 

 grows to the height of 6 to 25 feet. 

 The European species difiers from 

 the American one in that the an- 



bright two-colored 

 good characteristic 



Fig. 82. — Broad-leaved Spindle Tree. 



