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to 10 feet high, native of Chosen. The small, light 

 green leaves and the small umbels of white flowers, 

 followed by the jet black berries, make this plant 

 very ornamental. (Adapted from note of F. N. Meyer.) 



Viburnum sargentii Koehne. (Caprif oliaceae . ) 43734. 

 Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A shrub, grow- 

 ing to a height of from 5 to 8 feet, with roundish 

 leaves, and flowers in flat corymbs. The rounded 

 fruits are scarlet or orange-scarlet, and ripen in 

 September. (Adapted from Florists ' Exchange.) 



Viburnum theiferum Rehder. (Caprif oliaceae .) 43735. 

 Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A decidous shrub 

 of erect habit, up to 12 feet in height, with smooth 

 gray stems. The narrowly oval leaves are sharply ser- 

 rate, taper-pointed, and dark green above. The white 

 flowers are all perfect, and are produced in terminal 

 cymes 1| to 2 inches in with. The red fruit is egg- 

 shaped and nearly ^ inch long. This shrub is a native 

 of central and western China. The specific name re- 

 fers to the use of the leaves by the monks of Mount 

 Omei as a kind of tea. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees 

 and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 657.) 



Viburnum wrightii Miquel. (Caprif oliaceae .) 43736. 

 Seeds from Jamaica Plain, Mass. Presented by the Ar- 

 nold Arboretum and selected by Mr. H. C. Skeels and 

 Dr. W. Van Fleet, of this Department. A deciduous 

 shrub, 6 to 10 feet high, with erect stems. The bright 

 green leaves are 2 to 5 inches in length, and are 

 slenderly pointed. The white flowers are all perfect, 

 and are produced in May on smooth or downy-stalked, 

 five-rayed cymes, 2 to 4 inches in width. The roundish 

 oval red fruits are 1/3 inch long. This shrub is a 

 native of Japan and China. (Adapted from W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, 

 p. 660.) 



