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open, and fully exposed to the light and air. The plant roots so readily from 

 cuttings and truncheons, that, where the soil is tolerably moist, a plantation 

 or a hedge may be made at once, by the use of the latter, instead of employ- 

 ing rooted plants. 



& 2. S. CANADE'NSIS L. The Canadian Elder. 



Llentification. Lin. Sp., 385. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 436. 

 Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t. 142. ; and our Jig. 934. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Frutescent. Leaves 

 pinnate or sub-pinnate. Leaflets 

 about 4 pairs, and an odd one ; 

 oblong, oval, stiffish, acuminated, 

 more or less pubescent beneath, 

 sometimes appendiculated at the 

 base. Cymes of 5 main branches. 

 Flowers almost scentless. Berries 

 deep bluish black. (Don's Mill.) A 

 shrub, nearly sufFruticose. Canada to 

 Carolina, in swamps and near hedges. 

 Height 4 ft. to 6 ft. Introduced in 

 1761. Flowers white; July and 

 August. Fruit bluish black ; ripe in 

 September. 



A bush, in foliage resembling the 

 common elder, but it is less hardy, and, 

 in Britain at least, never assumes any 

 thing of a tree character. 



934. S. canad^nsis. 



B. Leaves pinnate. Floiuers panicled. 

 m 3. S. RACE3io v SA L. The racemose-flowered Elder. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., 386. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 438. 



Synonymies. S. montana Cam. Epit. 976. ; S, cervlni Tabern. 1029. ; Sambuco montana, flat. 



Engravings. Jacq. Icon. Rar., 1. p. 59.; N. Du Ham., 1. t. 56. ; and our fig. 935. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Shrubby. Leaves pinnate. 

 Leaflets 5, membranous, oblong, acumi- 

 nated, serrated, unequal at the base. 

 Petioles glabrous. Panicle ovate. Leaves 

 pale green, pretty smooth. (Don's Mill.) 

 A low tree or large shrub. Middle and 

 South of Europe and Siberia, on moun- 

 tains. Height 10ft. to 12 ft. Introduced 

 in 1596. Flowers whitish green ; April 

 and May. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in August. 

 Variety. 



* S. r. 2 laciniata Koch in Dec. Fl. Fr. 



Supp. p. 3000. Leaflets jagged. 



A native of the Palatinate of the 



Rhine. 



This tree has a splendid appearance 

 when covered with its panicles of fine, 

 large, scarlet fruit, which resemble minia- 

 ture bunches of grapes of the most bril- 

 liant scarlet. Its large leaves, with their deeply serrated pinnae, are also 

 very ornamental. It grows as freely as the common elder, and deserves a 

 place in every collection ; though it is very seldom found, in British gardens, 

 of such a size as to display its beauty. We should think it would succeed if 

 budded on the common elder ; and, as that species is abundant in many places, 



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S. racemosa. 



