190 FAMILIAR TREES AND THEIR LEAVES. 



Sweet Viburnum. Tlie sweet viburnum has a smooth, 

 Sheepberry. bright-green leaf about three or 



Viburnum Lentago. fom . mcheg longj e ] ose l y and s h arp _ 



ly toothed and sharp tipped ; the rather long stem 

 has a crinkly edge either side. Its ovate 

 berry, blue-black in color with a bloom, 

 ripens in autumn and is sweet and edi- 

 ble ; it is about half an inch long, and 

 is borne in red - stemmed clusters. 

 The fine white flowers bloom in flat, 

 broad clusters in May or June. The 

 sweet viburnum is a small tree (it 

 grows from 15 to 30 feet high), common 

 Sweer m swamps, along streams, and in the 



Viburnum. , . . . , 



woods, through a wide north- 

 ern range extending all the way from 

 Hudson Bay to northern Georgia and 

 from the Atlantic States to south- 

 western Missouri and eastern Nebras- 

 ka. 



Black Haw. The black haw is a 



Viburnum species of viburnum, 



prunifolium. ^^ obtuge _ poin ted, 



dark - green leaves from one to two Black Haw " 

 inches long ; the stems are not crinkly on the edges. 

 The flowers and fruit are similar to those of the 

 foregoing variety. The fruit is also edible. The 



