Forest Trees and Shrubs of MeriJen, Conn. 65 



XV. VIBURNE.^. The Elder Family. 



73. SAMBUCUS PUBENS. (Michaux. i 

 Panicled Elder. 



This is the eastern variety of the S. racemosa, European Elder, 

 which is common west of the Rocky Mountains. 



74. SAMBUCUS CANADENSIS. (Linn.) 

 Common Elder. Elder bush. Black-Berried Elder. 



This is the most common of the Elders found in Meriden. It 

 grows from live to eight or ten feet high. An infusion of the flow- 

 ers is an efficient diuretic, and the juice of the berries is made into 

 wine. The bark is purgative and emetic. 



75. VIBURNUM LENTAGO. Linn.) 



Sweet Viburnum. Sheep-berry. Nanny-berry. 



Grows from fifteen to twenty feet high. Wood, hard and yel- 

 lowish, close-grained and strongly scented. Specific gravity, 

 0-7303; ash, 0.29. 



76. VIBURNUM DENTATUM. (Linn.) 

 Arrow-wood. 



A shrub, or small tree, very common in Meriden. 



77. VIBURNUM ACERIFOLIUM. (Linn.) 

 Maple-leaved Arrow^-wood. 



A low shrub, common in rocky woods. 



78. VIBURNUM OPULUS. (Linn.) 



Cranberry Tree. Bush, or High, Cranberry. 



Shrub. Grows from three to ten feet high, with spreading 

 branches. This is the parent of the well known Guelder Rose, or 

 Snowball, of gardens, in which the flowers are all sterile. The 

 acid fruit is sometimes used as a substitute for cranberries, whence 

 ita conimoQ name. Flowers in June. Fruit in September. 



