PARK AND CEMETERY. 
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Ontario to Jam iS Bay westward to Northwest Territory. Min- whitish, Ma3--June, erect; fruit short stalked, globose or oval, 
nesota, S. Dakota and Utah. covered with silvery scales when young, later scarlet, persistent 
This plant is frequently confused with Lepar- 
gyrea (Shepherdia) argentea, Nutt., which has 
opposite leaves, dioecious flowers and twice as 
many stamens as parts of the perianth, whereas in 
eUeigaus the leaves are alternate, flowers polyga- 
mous and stamens equal in number to parts of the 
perianth. Furthermore the Lepargyrea attains a 
height of from 15 to 18 tect, extends southw'ard 
into the Mississippi valley to Kansas, has its fl )wers 
in fascicles instead of singly or in t\\os or threes as 
in Elajagnus, and has a bright scarlet or crimson 
colored and sour fruit of a size about half as large 
as those in Ela^agnus argentea. 
ttE. umbellata. Thunh. 
A wide spreading shrub growing to 12 feet in height.- 
Leaves ovate lanceolate to elliptic and narrowed at both ends, 
I >4-3 in. long, in. wide, margins undulated, upper sur- 
face souijwhxt silverv — iventuillj’ slightly silvery and li,ght 
green in color, lower surface silvery white. Flowers buff- 
EL-Lagnus umbeli.ata. 
after leaves have fallen The figure shows 
fruiting branch earl^' in September and 
mature fruit in middle of October. J;ipan. 
Hardy at Boston 
***Branchlets of current vear dull red 
or chocolate color. 
tE. multiflora, Thuiib, A .shrub at- 
taining a height of 8 feet. Leaves ovate, 
oval or oblong-acute; upper surface some- 
times thinly covered with stellate hairs, 
eventually green and glabrous; lower sur- 
face shinx^ covered with dull and silvery 
scales. Flowers, 2-3, Mav-June. Fruit long 
stalked, oval to oblong, scarlet, ripens Julj'- 
August. Japan. Hardy at Boston. 
ttE. longipes, A. Graj- = E. odorata 
edulis, Hort.; E. edulis, Hort. A shrub at- 
taining a height of six feet. Leaves broadly 
oval or oblong oval, acute or obtuse, when 
young upper surface usually covered with 
stellate hairs, at length dark green and gla- 
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