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ling in its larger flowers (one-inch) in immense balls (eight to ten inches), 
and its dark green, persistent foliage. 
* 1", fomentosum var. plicatum Maxim. (63), the Japanese Snow- 
ball, a very compact, vigorous, medium-sized shrub (eight feet), with 
especially fine, rich, dark green foliage on brown twigs, and very per- 
sistent, solid ‘‘snowballs,”’ larger than the common (two and a half to 
three inches). 
V. Sieboldi Miq. (64), another Japanese, stout shrub, with a heavy 
dark green, shiny, semi-evergreen foliage, is well adapted for combina- 
tion with evergreen shrubs. 
* VY. Tinus Linn. (65), Laurentinus, from southern Europe (six to 
nine feet), with oblong, shiny, evergreen leaves, rose-tinted to white 
flowers in terminal clusters, appearing very late in autumn, or even in 
winter (in the greenhouse), and dark blue to black fruit. 
VY. Lantana Linn. (66), Hobblebush or Rowan Tree, from northern 
Europe, a tall shrub (ten to twenty feet); with large, strongly veined, 
crinkled, darker foliage like Jantanoides; flat, dense cymes of small, 
white flowers, and bright red (changing to bluish-black) fruit. Adapted 
to any, even dry limestone soils. 
OLIVE FAMILY (OLEACEAE) 
This contains several genera of high ornamental value; most of 
which bear small, funnel-shaped flowers (well known in the common 
lilac), single or in bunches of varying size, followed by a fruit like the 
familiar olive, generally inconspicuous, but sometimes ornamental. 
A grayish cast of foliage characterizes a number of the members of 
this family, and several species are evergreen. 
Eleagnus: Oleaster. A genus with about fifteen species of small 
trees and shrubs from Europe, Asia, and America; mainly of value for 
color effect because of the gray to silvery cast of their foliage, although 
some of them are evergreen. ‘They are hardy and frugal, and especially 
fitted for seacoast planting. The fruit is edible and is used for pre- 
serves. They are best employed in border work. 
* KF. argeniea Pursh. (67) (Canadensis), our native northern Silver 
Tree, is often only a shrub of straggling habit (eight to ten feet), with 
striking, large (two inches), sharp-pointed leaves, silvery-white on both 
sides, and pretty, yellow, fragrant flowers (May, June), and silvery 
