Our Northern Shrubs and how to Identify Them: A Handbook for the Nature-lover

acute at apex ALDER anthers axils Azalea Barberry beauty beneath berries BLACKBERRY bloom blossoms borne bracts branches brown bush calyx calyx-tube carpels catkins color Cornus corolla Corolla.-Petals corymbs CROWBERRY cultivation cymes dark green densely Dogwood downy drupe DWARF erect evergreen exserted FAMILY feet high filaments five five-lobed five-toothed flower cluster Flowering Spray Flowers.-April Flowers.-May foliage Forsythia Fruiting Spray full grown gardens glabrous glandular globose growing hairy HIGH-BUSH inch in diameter JOHN'S-WORT leaf leaflets leafy leaves lobes Lonicera Magnolia midvein mountains native northern oblong obovate one-half oval Ovary ovate pale green paler panicles pedicels petals Petioles Petioles short pink pinnately pinnately veined Pistil plant prickles pubescent purple racemes Ranges reddish Rhus ROSE rounded at base Rubus scarlet sepals serrate sessile shining shrub slender slightly smooth species Spiræa stamens stems stigma style Sumach swamps terminal tree twigs two-celled Vaccinium Viburnum wedge-shaped at base wild WILLOW winter yellow