Viburnum. 



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country. It is certainly worthy a place in every collec- 

 tion." There is a variety of considerable value, with the 

 same general features, but having variegated leaves white 

 and yellow. 



The sweet viburnum, or sheep berry, V. lentago, grows 

 from fifteen to thirty feet high, and is valuable for or- 

 namental purposes. 

 The flowers are pro- 

 fuse and showy, ap- 

 pearing in June. 

 They are composed 

 of a large number of 

 terminal cymes, mak- 

 ing a broad, white 

 head with a slight 

 tinge of yellow. The 

 fruit consists of rich, 

 dark blue berries, 

 and, as they are in 

 marked contrast to 

 the autumn foliage 

 hues, the appearance 

 is very striking. The leaves are ovate, pointed, and on 

 long, marginal petioles. 



The so-called high bush cranberry, V. opulus, grows 

 from five to ten feet, and is a vigorous shrub showy in 

 both its flowers and its fruit. Emerson says : " In May 

 or early in June it spreads open at the end of every branch 

 a broad cyme of soft, delicate flowers, surrounded by an 

 irregular circle of snow-white stars, scattered, apparently, 



VIBURNUM OPULUS. 



