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toothed margins, and covered on both surfaces with a soft 

 pubescence. The flowers, which are produced in May, are 

 of a leathery texture, white inside, but pink on the outer 

 surface, and deliciously perfumed. In peat and loam it 

 thrives at Kew, and in a fully exposed situation. 



V. CASSINOIDES (syn V. pyrifolium). North America, 

 1761, is a swamp-loving species, with thick, coriaceous 

 leaves 2 inches long, and flat cymes of white or yellowish- 

 white flowers. 



V. DAHURICUM. Dahuria, 1785. This is a charming 

 hardy species, which in May and June is covered with 

 numerous umbels of showy white flowers. It forms a 

 rather spreading bush 6 feet or 8 feet high, with grey 

 downy branches and neat foliage. The berries are oval- 

 oblong, red at first, but becoming black and faintly scented 

 when fully ripe. 



V. DENTATUM. Arrowwood. A native of the United 

 States, 1763. This can be recommended as a distinct and 

 beautiful shrub, with cymes of white flowers that are 

 produced in plenty. The leaves are dark green, smooth, 

 and shining, and strongly veined, while the bark is ash- 

 coloured, and the berries bright blue. 



V. FURCATUM. Japan. This species has unusually large 

 leaves, which assume a scarlet tint in autumn. 



V. LANTANA. Wayfaring Tree. Europe (Britain). This 

 is a native species of large bush, or almost tree growth, 

 with rugose, oblong, serrulated leaves, and large, flat 

 cymes of white flowers appearing in May and June. The 

 whole tree is usually covered with a scaly tomentum, while 

 the fruit is a black flattened drupe. 



V. LENTAGO.- Sheepberry and Sweet Viburnum. North 

 America, 1761. This resembles our native V. Lantana, 

 with dense clusters of white blossoms succeeded by black 

 berries. 



V. MACROCEPHALUM (syn V. Fortuuei). China, 1844. 

 This is a beautiful species, but one that cannot be depended 



