SHEEPBERRY; NANNYBERRY (Viburnum Lentago, Linn.). 

 Bush to 25 feet. Small, round-headed tree of many slim, 

 drooping branches. Bark brown, broken into thick, scaly 

 plates. Leaves ovate, taper-pointed, finely saw- toothed; 

 rounded to short, winged, and grooved petiole; at first bronze 

 green, shining, coated with red hairs, on ribs; at maturity 

 smooth, pale beneath, with black dots; length 2 to 3 inches; 

 autumn colors, orange and red. Flowers April to June, ir 

 creamy, fragrant cymes, flat, 3 to 5 inches across, perfect. 

 Fruit flat clusters of oval, dark-blue drupes, rather juicy, on 

 coral-red stems, drooping; stone solitary, large. Dist. : Rocky 

 hillsides, forest borders, fence rows, Province of Quebec, 

 through states *o Wyoming; south to Georgia and Kansas. 

 Cultivated. 



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