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ponticum, cultivated from P o n t u s . p n n c t a t u m , Dotted Rhododendron. dauricum, cultivated from Siberia. AZALEA, False Honeysuckle, ornamental shrubs. indica, cultivated from China and J a p a n . Strictly a Rhododendron. viscosa, Clammy Azalea. White flowers. nudiflora, Purple Azalea or Pinxter Flower. P i n k flowers; Union county, Burrill. calendulacea, cultivated in hybrid form. pontica, cultivated from t h e Caucacus. PYROLA, Wintergreen. Shin-leaf, Low perennial h e r b . chlorantha, Swartz; McHenry county, Vasey. rotundifolia, n a t i v e ; Cook county, Babcock. elliptica, Shin-leaf, native, V a s e y ; Cook county, Babcock. secunda, n a t i v e ; Cook county, Babcock. CH1MAPHILA, Pipsissewa. umbellata, Princes Pine, Pipsissewa n a t i v e ; Cook county, Babcock. MONOTROPA, Indian Pipe, Pine Sap. uniflora, Indian Pipe, Corpse Plant, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock.

AQUIFOLIACE^E—HOLLY

FAMILY.

ILEX, Trees and shrubs. aquifolium, European Holly, cultivated for ornament, b u t n o t hardy north. opaca, American Holly, T ot hardy in t h e northwest, but planted for o r n a m e n t . decidua, native, Lapham; St. Clair county, Brendel. verticillata, Black Alder, Winter Berry, native, L a p h a m ; Cook county, Babcock; St. Clair county, Brendel. glabra, Ink Berry,, native; Cook county, Babcock. NEMOPANTHES, Mountain Holly, shrub. canadensis, native, Cook county, Babcock. DIOSPYROS, Date Plum, Persimmon. virg-iniana, Common Persimmon, native as far north as Fulton and Hancock counties and cultivated successfully by Mr. Bryant in B u r e a u county. " T h i s fruit grows abundantly in t h e Indian Territory and in A r k a n s a s . The Indians consume large quantities of it when ripe. I t is p r e p a r e d for future u s e after t h e m a n n e r of making apple b u t t e r . " — R e p t . Dept. A g r . , 1870. Prof. Sallow describes a specimen of this tree in Mississippi county, Missouri, as eighty feet high and three feet in diameter The persimmon varies greatly in time of ripening, size, and quality of fruit, and some s r arieties are nearly seedless It offers great encouragement for a t t e m p t s at its improvement. Mr. Balsigee, of Madison county, has succeeded well in top-grafting scions of choice varieties into barren trees by t h e ordinary process and1, u s e of graf ting^wax. Diospyros kaki, a valuable J a p a n species, was said by Fuller to be hardy at New York, and it has been stated recently (1875) t h a t i t s cultivation has been introduced into California. Diospyros lotus, from t h e Caucacus, is also said t o be hardy, b u t is, I believe, of inferior quality.

E BEN A C E M—EBONY

FAMILY.

Trees or Shrubs.

S A P O T A C E ^ E — S A P P O D I L L A FAMILY. Trees or Shrubs mostly with Milky Juice.

BUMELIA. lycioides, Southern Buckthorn, native, Vasey; Pulaski county, Bnrrill. Recommended as an ornamental ghrub or tree. South, lanuginosa, native, L a p h a m ; St. Clair county, Brendel.

STYRACACE^E—STORAX

FAMILY.

Shrubs or Trees.

HALES1A Snowdrop or Silverbell Tree. t e t r a p t e r a , Four-winged HaUsia, native, as near t h e line as Evansville, Indiana, and may be an Illinois species. Cultivated for ornament. " H a r d y in Illinois as far north as latitude forty-two degrees, and probably b e y o n d . " — B r y a n t .

PLANTAGINACE^E—PLANTAIN

FAMILY.

P L ANT AGO, Plantain Rihgrass. major, Common Plantain, naturalized from Europe, Lapham, e t c . ; but indigenous, says Gray, in t h e high n o r t h . A weed, b u t used as an application to blisters, e t c . sparsifiora, native; Pulaski county, Vasey.