140 HOW TO KNOW WILD FRUITS 



clusters, with their margins of large flowers, 

 "just for show," to attract the roving insect to 

 the encircled blooms. By cultivation of the 

 European form, the central flowers have been 

 changed to large neutral ones like those at the 

 margin, the flower head has become spherical, 

 and the Snowball Tree of the garden is the re- 

 sult. The wild shrub not only yields a graceful 

 bloom, but is most attractive in fruit, with its 

 erect clusters of brilliantly colored drupes. 

 These lose somewhat of their brilliancy after 

 frost, but are conspicuous throughout the winter. 

 The fruits make a good jelly and an agreeable 

 sauce. 



The plant extends north from Pennsylvania 

 to New Brunswick and west to Michigan, South 

 Dakota, and Oregon. 



FEW-FLOWERED CRANBERRY TREE 

 Viburnum pauciflorum Honeysuckle Family 



This species is fewer flowered than the preced- 

 ing and lacks the marginal neutral flowers. The 

 fruit clusters are small. The drupes are light 

 red and contain flat, scarcely grooved stones. 



