. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 296 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS Swamp Bay (514) — Persea pub&oens, — wild from North Carolina south, is a small tree or shrub with the hranohlets and other parts hairy, creamy white flowers (J inch), and dark blue drupes | inch long. Alligator ' Pear ' (515) — Persea gratfssima, — of California, and Plorida, has a slightly pear-shaped green fruit, several inches-long, used as a salad and very palatable. A tree 20 to 30 feet high. [Layers; twig cuttings.]. Fig. 522. — "White Garland Daphne. Fig. 523. —Silky Daphne. Sd
. Ornamental shrubs of the United States (hardy, cultivated). Shrubs. 296 DESCRIPTIONS OF THE SHRUBS Swamp Bay (514) — Persea pub&oens, — wild from North Carolina south, is a small tree or shrub with the hranohlets and other parts hairy, creamy white flowers (J inch), and dark blue drupes | inch long. Alligator ' Pear ' (515) — Persea gratfssima, — of California, and Plorida, has a slightly pear-shaped green fruit, several inches-long, used as a salad and very palatable. A tree 20 to 30 feet high. [Layers; twig cuttings.]. Fig. 522. — "White Garland Daphne. Fig. 523. —Silky Daphne. Sdssafras. Sassafras (516)—Sassafras variifblium (S. ofJicinMe) — is an aromatic shrub or tree growing in some cases to the height of 100 feet. It has alternate simple entire to 3-lobed leaves without notches or serrations. As the plant is dioecious, only those with pistillate flowers have the blue 1-seeded fruit, I inch long, on red stems. The flowers bloom be- fore the leaves are expanded. The bark on young twigs is gi-een with a purplish shade on the light side. The bark of the roots is peculiarly aromatic, and is often used in beer making. [Seeds ; suckers ; root cuttings.] CUpparis. This genus of over 100 mostly tropic plants is here repre- sented by the one species fiom whicli the genus is named. Caper-bush (517) or Caper-tree ^Capparis spinbsa, —from which capers are made. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig), 1838-1908; Draycott, Ada (Apgar). New York, Cincinnati [etc] American Book Company
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