lvery scurf.

GENUS =71. ELAEAGNUS=.

Leaves alternate, entire; flowers axillary, stemmed; fruit drupe-like
with an 8-grooved stone.

[Illustration: E. longipes.]

=Elaeagnus longipes.= (SILVER-LEAVED ELAEAGNUS.) Leaves almost evergreen,
rather thick, ovate-oblong, rather blunt, entire, smooth and dark green
above, but silvery below. Flowers inconspicuous. Fruit about 1/2 in. long,
bright red, with silvery scales, very abundant and beautiful; ripe in
July; juicy and edible, with a pungent flavor. Shrub from Japan; hardy
throughout.

GENUS =72. SHEPHERDIA.=

Small trees or shrubs with opposite, deciduous, entire, silvery-scaled
leaves. Flowers very small, dioecious. Fruit small, berry-like,
translucent, 1-seeded.

[Illustration: S. argentea.]

=Shepherdia argentea=, Nutt. (BUFFALO-BERRY. RABBIT-BERRY.) Leaves
opposite, oblong-ovate, tapering at base, silvery on both sides, with
small peltate scales. Branches often ending in sharp thorns. Fruit,
scarlet berries the size of currants, forming continuous clusters on
every branch and twig, but found only on the pistillate plants. They are
juicy, somewhat sour, pleasant-tasting, and make excellent jelly; ripe
in September. A small handsome tree, 5 to 20 ft. high, wild in the Rocky
Mountains, and sometimes cultivated east. Its thorny-tipped branches
make it a good hedge-plant. Hardy.

ORDER =XXXV. EUPHORBIACEAE.=

(SPURGE FAMILY.)

A large order of mainly herbaceous and shrubby plants of warm countries,
with usually milky juice.

GENUS =73. BUXUS.=

Shrubs or trees with opposite, evergreen, entire leaves and small
flowers. The fruit 3-celled, 6-seeded pods.

[Illustration: B. sempervirens.]

=Buxus sempervirens=, L. (BOXWOOD.) Leaves ovate, smooth, dark green;
leaf-stems hairy at edge. This plant is a native of Europe, and in its
tree form furnishes the white wood used for wood-engraving.

Var. _subfruticosa_ (dwarf boxwood) grows only a foot or two high, and
is extensively used for edgings in gardens. The tree form is more rare
in cultivation, and is of slow growth, but forms a round-topped tree.

ORDER =XXXVI. URTICACEAE.= (NETTLE FAMILY.)

A large order of herbs, shrubs and trees, mainly tropical.

GENUS =74. ULMUS.=

Tall umbrella-shaped trees with watery juice and alternate, 2-ranked,
simple, deciduous, obliquely ovate to obliquely heart-shaped, strongly
straight-veined, serrate leaves, harsh to the touch, often rough.
Flowers insign