This section is from the book "Garden Trees and Shrubs", by Walter P. Wright. Also available from Amazon: Garden Trees And Shrubs Illustrated In Colour.
An interesting deciduous shrub with Peach-like foliage and small brown tubular flowers with white lip and cream throat. A peculiar feature is the Acer-like seed wing.
A Tasmanian evergreen which requires the protection of a wall in northern climes. It bears small white flowers in spring.
A deciduous shrub with compound leaves, grey spiny stems and globular heads of bloom. It bears dark purple fruit. Two other Chinese species aie offered: senticosus and Simoni; they are rare shrubs with palmate leaves.
A Chinese shrub with large glossy leaves from which gutta percha can be made; but the seeds yield more. It is of little garden interest.
Sanguinea is a deciduous species with toothed leaves which become rich crimson in autumn. Alatus, the winged Euonymus, is remarkable for its beautiful tint of rose in autumn.
 
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