. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. OLIVE FAMILY Leaves.—Opposite, simple, ovate or oblong, four to eiglit inches long, one to four inches broad, wedge-shaped at base, entire with , acuminate, acute or rounded at apex. Feather- veined, midrib stout, primary veins conspicuous. Ihey come out of the buC conduplicate, yellow green and shining above, downy beneath ; when full grown are dark green abo\e, pale below and smooth except the midrib and veins which are hairy. In autumn they turn a clear yellow and fal
. Our native trees and how to identify them; a popular study of their habits and their peculiarities. Trees. OLIVE FAMILY Leaves.—Opposite, simple, ovate or oblong, four to eiglit inches long, one to four inches broad, wedge-shaped at base, entire with , acuminate, acute or rounded at apex. Feather- veined, midrib stout, primary veins conspicuous. Ihey come out of the buC conduplicate, yellow green and shining above, downy beneath ; when full grown are dark green abo\e, pale below and smooth except the midrib and veins which are hairy. In autumn they turn a clear yellow and fall early. Petiole stout, hairy. Flowers.—^}, June ; when leaves are one-third grown. Perfect, white, slightly fragrant, borne in loose, downy, drooping, bracted panicles, four to six inches long, from lateral buds ; peduncles three- flowered. Calyx.—Four-parted, small, smooth, persistent. Corolla.—An inch long, white, dotted on inner surface with purple spots, deeply divided into four, varying to five and six, long and narrow lobes barely united at base ; conduplicate, valvate in bud. Stamens.—Two, inserted on the base of the corolla, extrorse ; filaments short; anthers pale yellow, ovate, two-celled. Pistil.—Ovary superior, two-celled ; style short; stigma fleshy, two-lobed. Fruit.—Drupe, borne in loose clus- ters, on which the bracts have become leaf-like. Oval or oblong, dark l^iue, glaucous, one-half to three-fourths of an inch long, surrounded at base by the persistent calyx and tipped with reni- Fringe-tree, Chionanthui virgimca. nants of the Style. Skin thick ; flesh Drupes j^' to j^' long. dry ; stone The Fringe-tree is one of the most beautiful of our orna- mental shrubs and although a native of the south it is hardy at the north and is extensively planted. It prefers a moist soil and a sheltered situation and may be propagated by grafting on the ash. The singular appearance of its snow white flowers which look like a fringe, give to it the comm
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