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The winged euonymus (EF, aiatus), showing the re- 
marKable corky wings on the branches 
The paragraphs are numbered to corre- 
Spond with the Purchaser’s Guide on page 
302. 
TWO WITH BRILLIANT AUTUMN FOLIAGE 
1. The common burning bush (£. atro- 
purpureus) is one of five plants that are 
called ‘‘Waahoo.” Although ‘‘Waahoo”’ is 
an Indian word, it is just the sort of shout 
that a lusty young American might emit at 
the first sight of this glowing coal amid the 
snowy landscape. ‘The name atropurpureus 
refers to the dark purple color of the flowers 
which distinguish it from all other species 
here described. The capsules are whitish 
pink, berries orange-red, seeds white. The 
autumn foliage is bronzy red. This species 
grows wild as far north as western New 
York. It blooms in June. 
2. Hamilton’seuonymus (£. Hamiltonianus) 
The climbing euonymus (E. radicans) 1s probably the hardiest evergreen vine. 
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is, according to Rehder, one of those species 
in which the seed is not wholly covered by 
the berry, thus adding a third color to the 
fruit. In this case the seeds are grayish- 
brown. In our plants, however, the seeds 
are pale gray, and they are not exposed at all. 
The Himalayan form is not so desirable as 
the Manchurian, being tender and having 
yellowish capsules, while the Manchurian 
is hardy and has pink capsules. It has 
yellowish flowers with purple anthers in June. 
Southerners will be glad to know of its im- 
portant variety semipersistens, which holds 
its bright green foliage until mid-winter and 
has bright pink iruits that ripen very late. 
This is the plant known to the tradeas E. 
Sieboldianus. 
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3. The broad-leaved euonymus (E£. Jati- 
folius) has perhaps the largest fruits of all, 
about aninch wide and one-quarter inch long. 
It has magenta capsules and is a native of 
Southern Europe and Western Asia. It is 
perfectly hardy. Flowers in June, seeds white. 
4. The spindle tree (E. Europeus) is 
so-called because its wood is used to make 
spindles. This is the favorite tall species 
and it has the most varieties. The capsule 
is normally red, but there are varieties with 
scarlet, whitish and deep purple capsules 
and many shades of light red. This is th 
species that is used as a tall, ornamental 
hedge, but it is easy to shear off all the fruiting 
branches, since these are of the current year’s 
growth. It has yellowish flowers in May. 
The autumn color of the foliage is dull green 
and characterless. 
5. The true £. Sieboldianus is the one 
that the nurserymen call E. Yeddoensis. It 
can be easily distinguished from Hamilton’s 
euonymus by its larger and much _ broader 
leaves. It resembles Hamilton’s species 
in having pink capsules but the seed is scarlet 
and the autumn foliage is not particularly 
brilliant. The fruits of this species remain 
attractive about six weeks. 
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It trails, or climbs twenty 
feet high. Only a little hardier than English ivy 
JANUARY, 1907 
The climbing euonymus at Pittsburg, where the 
English ivy is not hardy on walls 
6. Bunge’s euonymus (E. Bungeanus) 
is said by Mr. J. Woodward Manning to 
retain its berries at Boston until March. 
This would distinguish it from all other 
species, but at Rochester the berries last only 
six weeks or so. It resembles the Far 
Eastern species described above (Hamilton- 
ianus and Sieboldianus) in haying yellowish 
or whitish flowers, with purple anthers, which 
appear in June. It differs in having white 
seeds. The capsules are pale pink. There 
are two forms in cultivation. One has 
graceful drooping branches; the other is 
decidedly upright. 
II. Four Species 6 to § Feet High 
7. The autumn foliage of the winged 
euonymus (£. alatus) is probably the most 
brilliant red of all. This is the only species 
that has the remarkable winged growth on 
the branches as pictured on this page. These 
winged branches are so conspicuous in winter 
that the species is worth growing for this 
feature alone. It is a Far Eastern species 
with small, pale green capsules and (unlike 
all the species here described) the fruit is, 
_ according to Rehder, divided almost to the 
base into four nearly separate pods. In our 
experience, however, there are usually two 
pods and often one. It is a spreading shrub, 
with yellowish flowers borne in May or June. 
8. The strawberry bush (EZ. Americanus) 
gets its name from the odor of its flowers 
which are yellowish or reddish green. It 
has pink capsules, and grows wild from south- 
ern New York to Texas. This species and the 
running strawberry bush (E. obovatus) may 
be distinguished from all others here des- 
cribed by the minute warts on the capsules 
and by having the floral parts in fives. The 
others have smooth capsules and the floral 
parts are generally in fours. 
g. The warty branched euonymus (£. 
verrucosus) is easily told from all others 
by the peculiarity pictured on page 285. 
Its branches are not as pretty as those of 
the winged euonymus, but the fruits have 
a yellowish red capsule and black seeds 
