Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



with a few introduced varieties, lending a charm to 

 numerous walks throughout the southerly portion of the 

 Park. The viburnums lack some of the attractions of 

 other shrubs, are not odorous and fine-foliaged, in fact 

 are a little coarse-fibred ; but they have a style of their 

 own — and individuality always commands a premium 

 — are strong and hardy and running over with petaled 

 whiteness, and in the embellishment of large grounds 

 can scarcely be omitted. 



One of the most showy of the class is the so-called 

 guelder rose, or snowball-tree, covered with dense masses 

 of large sterile flowers, a modified form of the cranberry- 

 tree — the term *' tree " being only complimentary in 

 both cases, as the height is only five to ten feet. The 

 Japanese snowball, V. pHcatum, the finest in the Park, 

 has abundant ''heads" and a handsome leaf, not flat, 

 but distinctly plicate or plaited, from which comes its 

 specific name. Quite common is the species called 

 arrow-wood {dentatuni) with full heads of small perfect 

 flowers (/.<f. , with pistil and stamens). With similar 

 flowers but very different foliage is the black haw, both 

 tree and shrub, described elsewhere. In the same list 

 are the withe-rod, downy-leaved viburnum, and maple- 

 leaved arrow- wood, which one is glad to meet in wood- 

 land rambles, but would look a little askance at, if they 

 forced their way into the select society of cultivated 

 grounds. But the cranberry-tree and the hobble-bush, 

 with large marginal sterile flowers surrounding the com- 

 pact clusters, are important enough to be availed of 

 in the Park. With the immense volume of color de- 

 manded in such an area, one must not be too fastidious 



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