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DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS 



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Fig. 534. — Japanese Oleaster. 



Fig. 535. — Japanese Goumi. 



long and oval silvery-scaled yellow fruit a half inch or more long. A 

 variety still more spiny is Spiny Oleaster (532) — Elseagnus spinosa. 

 Another similar spiny tall-growing species, to 18 feet, with hroader 



leaves and nearly globular pink fruit 

 1^ inch long is Smali^leaved El«ag- 

 Nus (533) — Elseagnus parvifblia. 



A brownish-twigged spreading 

 species, to 12 feet, with deciduous 

 leaves and red juicy late-ripening 

 fruit is Japanese Oleastee or 

 ELiEAGNus (534) — Elseagnus umbel- 

 l§,ta. This is frequently spiny with 



Fig. 536. — Sea Buckthorn. 



Fig. 537. — Buffalo Berry. 



