[Magdalen] Plant for Dr. Strang

[Jo Craddock]

I've heard from a friend, and agree with her deduction compared with 
photos on Wikipedia: American olive.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Osmanthus_americanus_range_map.jpg

indicates the little bush on the west bank of New Orleans must have been 
one of the farthest west.

Wiki says the flowers have a strong scent; perhaps this bush was tended 
well. I remember a nice scent, but not strong at all.

Thanks, and

Peace,
Jo

On 02/22/2016 9:57 PM, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
> Jo, I can't make out the color of the berries/seeds. I'll try to post it to our Master Naturalist page and see if someone can ID it. It looks very familiar.
>
>> On Feb 22, 2016, at 9:37 PM, Jo Craddock <jocraddock at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> An arrangement was brought to the church parlor recently which included a few little branches of a plant that brought forth childhood memories. It has a very slight scent, almost root (think cloves, or cinnamon), to my untrained nose. I have a vague memory of pulling these little branches off when we'd play wild west stories, and putting them in the pot along with mimosa tree seed pods, dandelions, and grass clippings. <grin>
>>
>> But, I have no clue as to the plant. A native believes it's mistletoe, but I think there are too many seeds to leaves, nor would that jibe with my childhood memory, as the mistletoe in these parts is high in trees, usually retrieved by rope or .22.
>>
>> David, others: any clue? Here's a link to a photo in my dropbox:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/vk8b7uhatbv9qq1/Plant_ID.JPG?dl=0
>>
>> Peace,
>> Jo