. Eyes and no eyes. edge-1 ow shrubs. One is the Guelder Rose (2, p. 56), whichhas dark-green leaves cut into three or five pointswith a jagged edge. These leaves turn a lovely redin the autumn. Its white flowers grow in a flatcluster. The outer ones are large and have neitherstamens nor seed-box in them. Their use is toattract the bees and flies, which come to the smallerflowers in the middle to fetch honey. These middleflowers are perfect and so the insects help them toform seed. The guelder rose has beautiful coral-red berries in the autumn. The other bush, which grows about five feet highi
. Eyes and no eyes. edge-1 ow shrubs. One is the Guelder Rose (2, p. 56), whichhas dark-green leaves cut into three or five pointswith a jagged edge. These leaves turn a lovely redin the autumn. Its white flowers grow in a flatcluster. The outer ones are large and have neitherstamens nor seed-box in them. Their use is toattract the bees and flies, which come to the smallerflowers in the middle to fetch honey. These middleflowers are perfect and so the insects help them toform seed. The guelder rose has beautiful coral-red berries in the autumn. The other bush, which grows about five feet highin the hedge, is called the Spindle tree (2, p. 51),because its wood is used for making spindles andskewers. It has a smooth, grey stem and narrow,green leaves, which are very poisonous. You wiHscarcely notice j<^s small green-wbUc flfuvcrs in Ma 56 TREES AND SHRUBS. But in the autumn it has a lovely and curious red seed-boxes gro^sv together in a clump ona short stalk. They lock very quaint, and if you. 1. BIRD CHEHHY. 2 GUELDKR ROSE. open them you will find that the seed inside iscovered with a blight orange-coloured membrane. Find the flowers and fruit of the hlackthorn, may, appleand wild cherry, rowan tree, guelder rose- and spindle tree. 57 LESSON X. GARDEN SHRUBS IN BLOOM. There is not room to grow large trees in acottage garden, but many flowering shrubs canbe planted in corners, and some of them are verylovely. The first to bloom in the year is the Japanpear, JPyrus japonica (plate, p. 61). It grows onmany cottage walls, and makes them bright whenthe trees are bare of leaves. Its deep-red buds areshowing even in January, and by the end of Feb-ruary the wall is covered with them. They are likepear blossoms in shape, and grow in little bunchesclose against the stem. If you have not got oneyou will easily find a sucker, growing out fromsome neighbours plant, and it is not difficult to the autumn you will see its hard, green fruit. Soon after the Japan
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