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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



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

 evergreen shrub, with large opposite tliiok notclied glossy and often varie- 

 gated leaves, cultivated in tlie 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- 



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Fig. 349. — Aucuba. 



Fig. 351. — Hobble-bush. 



Fig. 350. — Japanese Snowball. 



Fig. 352. — European Wayfaring 

 Tree. 



