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roseum Ram, et Schult. Syst., vi. p.635., and Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, 
Knor. Del., ii. t. 5. and 6. The Snow-ball Tree, or Guelder Rose ; 
Rose de Gueldres, Pellotte de Neige, Boule de Neige, Poire molle, 
Fr.; Schneeballe, Ger.— The specific name rOseum is applied on 
account of the form of the flowers, and not because of their colour. 
2 V. O. 3 foliis variegatis Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836, has the leaves variegated 
with white and yellow. 
Description, §c. The Guelder rose, in a wild state, is not remarkable for 
the beauty of its flowers; but its bright red berries, which ripen in September, 
and which, towards the middle of October, assume a beautiful pink, almost 
compensate for the inferiority of the species to the variety in point of flowers. 
The leaves of both die off of a fine red on the first approach of frost. The 
snow-ball tree, or the Guelder rose (V. O. 2 stérilis), is supposed to have 
originated in the Low Countries, in Guelderland, whence its name; though 
Gerard, speaking of it, says, “ It groweth in gardens, and the flowers are there 
doubled by art, as it is thought,” Whatever may be the origin of this variety, 
it certainly forms one of the most ornamental shrubs, or low trees, that can be 
planted in a pleasure-ground: “le plus éclatant qu’on connaisse,” as it is said 
in the Nouveau Du Hamel. In a shrubbery, as Cowper beautifully describes 
it, the Guelder rose has a striking appearance, rising 
“ tall, 
And throwing up into the darkest gloom 
Of neighbouring cypress, or more sable yew, 
Her silver globes, light as the foamy surf 
That the wind severs from the broken wave.” 

On the lawns of small gardens, and trained up with a single ste, it forms one 
of the most splendid of small trees ; coming into flower soon after the scarlet 
hawthorn, the Scotch laburnum, and the purple lilac. The fruit of the 
species is eaten in Sweden ; where, and in Russia, the young shoots are made 
into tubes for tobacco-pipes, and handles for whips. Pallas informs us that, 
in Siberia, the berries are fermented with flour, and a spirit distilled from 
them; or made into a paste with honey and flour, and eaten as food, though 
the pulp and juice of the berry have a very fetid odour. In British gardens, 
the species is propagated by seed, and the variety by layers. The price of 
plants is the same as for V. Lantana. 
% 16. V.(O.) aceriro‘L1um L. The Maple-leaved Guelder Rose. 
Identification. Lin. Sp., 383.; Pursh Fl. Sept. Amer., 1. p.203.; Dec. Prod., 4. p.327.; Hook. Fl. 
Bor. Amer., 1. p. 280. ; Don’s Mill.,3. p. 442. 
Engravings. Vent. Hort. Cels., t.72.; Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 118. ; and our/fig. 793. 
Spec. Char., §c. Branchlets and petioles pilose. Leaves 3 793 
ovate-cordate, usually 3-lobed, acuminated, sharply and 
loosely serrated, downy beneath. Petioles glandless, 
and, when young, stipulaceous at the base, and rather 
tomentose. Corymbs terminal, pedunculate, not ra- 
diant. Flowers white. Berries black, oval, and com- 
pressed. (Don’s Mill., iii. p. 442.) A native of North 
America, from New England to Carolina, in rocky 
mountainous situations; where it forms a shrub from (dK 
4ft. to 6 ft. high, flowering in May and June. It was 

introduced in 1736; and, judging from the plants in the x WAS 
Horticultural Society’s Garden, and at Messrs. Lod- ue $8 
diges’s, it appears to be only a variety of V. O’pulus. 
% 17. V.(O.) ornrenTA‘LE Pail. The Eastern Guelder Rose. 
ifensieates. Pall. Ross., t. 58. f. H.; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 323.; Bieb. Fl. Taur., 1. p. 245. ; Don’s Mill., 3. 
p. 442. 
Synonyme. O'pulus orientalis folio amplissimo tridentato Tourn. Cor., p. 42. 
Engraving. Pall. Fl. Ross., t. 58. f. H. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves 3-lobed, acuminated, coarsely and bluntly toothed. Petioles glandless, gla- 
brous, Corymbs terminal, not radiant. Fruit oblong, compressed. Flowers white. Seed oval, 
furnished with two channels on both sides, as in V. Lantana. Very like the preceding species. 
