37017. EUGEN8A LUSCH- 

 NATHIANA. Pitomba, FromBahia, 

 Brazil, througl Dorsett, Shamel and 

 Popenoe. Compact, handsome, 20-foot 

 evergreen tree, bearing deep orange 

 fruits one inch in diameter, crowned 

 with persistent calyx; skin thin, en- 

 closing soft, melting, bright orange, 

 juicy flesh, with acid, very aromatic 

 flavor. Cooking rather than dessert 

 fruit, making excellent jellies. 



EUONYMUS JAPONICUS. 



From F. N. Meyer. A densely leafy 

 evergreen shrub or small tree of bushy 

 habit, 10 to 25 feet high, entirel^^ 

 smooth. Leaves obovate to narrowly 

 oval, 1 to 3 inches long, 1-4^ to 1-2 

 inch wide, leathery, dark, polished 

 green. Fruit smooth, globose, 1-3 of 

 an inch across, pinkish. Seed coats 

 pale orange. Is sometimes used for 

 hedges. Hardy only in the south. 



EUONYMUS PATENS. Spread- 

 ing shrub to 10 feet in height, with 

 handsome foliage often remaining on 

 the branches throughout mild win- 

 ters. Abundant late-ripening fruits 

 pink with orange seeds. This shrub 

 is closely allied to E. japonicus but 

 differs notably in the thinner semi- 

 evergreen leaves. Hardj^ as far north 

 as New York and, in sheltered places 

 in Massachusetts, 



