VIBURNUM 655 



white, J in. across, uniformly perfect, produced during June in scarcely 

 stalked cymes 2 to 4 ins. across. Fruit dark blue, oval, ^ to f in. long, 

 sweet and eatable. 



Native of Eastern N. America; introduced in 1731. This makes a very 

 handsome small tree, especially if kept to a single stem when young, forming 

 a shapely rounded head of branches. It is allied to V. Lentago and V. 

 rufidulum (q.v,}. 



V. PUBESCENS, Pursh. 



A deciduous bushy shrub of compact habit, 3 to 5 ft. high; young shoots 

 smooth or soon becoming so, reddish brown. Leaves ovate or roundish, 

 taper-pointed, heart-shaped or rounded at the base, sparsely and coarsely 

 toothed except towards the base; \\ to 3 ins. long, I to 2 ins. wide; bright 

 dark green and with scattered hairs above, densely covered beneath with 

 a velvety down; stalk \ to \ in. long, very downy, the pair of leaves nearest 

 the inflorescence scarcely stalked at all. Flowers white, J in. wide, all 

 perfect, produced in June in cymes about 2 ins. across. Fruit oval, \ in. 

 long, dark purple. 



Native of Eastern N. America; long known in cultivation but formerly 

 confused with dentatum as a pubescent variety. It is, however, one of the 

 most distinct of N. American Viburnums, especially in the very short stalks 

 of the leaves furnished with a pair of downy linear stipules, and the velvety 

 under-surface of the blades. At the present time V. pubescens is not 

 common, but as I saw it a few years ago in the Arnold Arboretum, Mass., 

 it was one of the prettiest of the later flowering shrubs. There the leaves 

 turn a rich purple in autumn. 



V. RHYTIDOPHYLLUM, Hemsley. 



(Bot. Mag.,,t. 8382.) 



An evergreen shrub perhaps eventually 10 ft. high, and as much through; 

 the stout branches thickly covered with starry down. Leaves ovate-oblong; 

 3 to 7^ ins. long, i to i\ ins. wide; pointed or bluntlat the apex, rounded or- 

 slightly heart-shaped at the base; upper surface glossy, not downy, but 

 deeply and conspicuously wrinkled; lower one grey with a thick felt of 

 starry down; stalk \ to \\ ins. long. Flowers produced on large terminal 

 umbel-like trusses 4 to 8 ins. across, which form into bud in the autumn and 

 remain exposed all through the winter, and until the blossoms expand the 

 following May or June. They are a dull yellowish white, about J in. 

 diameter. Fruit oval, -i- in. long, at first red, then shining black. 



Native of Central and W. China; introduced by Wilson for Messrs Veitch 

 in i goo. This remarkable shrub is one of the most distinct and striking, 

 not only of Viburnums, but of all the newer Chinese shrubs. It appears to 

 be quite hardy, and flowers well in spite of the curious habit of forming its 

 inflorescences and partially developing them in autumn. Its beauty is in 

 its bold, wrinkled, shining leaves and red fruits. The flowers are dull and 

 not particularly attractive. It was given a first-class certificate by the 

 Royal Hort. Society in September 1907. During that month of the year 

 its fruits are red. 



V. RUFIDULUM, Rafinesque. SOUTHERN BLACK HAW. 

 (V. rufotomentosum, Small.*) 



A deciduous shrub of very rigid, thin habit, described as becoming a tree 

 often 40 ft. high in a wild state; young shoots more or less covered with a 



