190 FAMILIAR TREES AXD THEIR LEAVES. 



Sweet Viburnum. 



Tlie sweet viburnum has a smooth. 



Sheepberry. bright -green leaf about three or 

 Fibumum Lentago. four i nc h es long, closely and sharp- 

 ly toothed and sharp tipped ; the rather long stem 

 has a crinkly edge either side. Its ovate 

 berry, blue -black in color with a bloom, 

 ripens in autumn and is sweet and edi- 

 ble ; it is about half an inch long, and 

 is borne in red - stemmed clusters. 

 The fine white flowers bloom in flat, 

 broad clusters in May or June. The 

 sweet viburnum is a small tree (it 

 grows from 15 to 30 feet high), common 

 in swamps, along streams, and in the 

 woods, through a wide north- 

 ern range extending all the way from 

 Hudson Bay to northern Georgia and 

 from the Atlantic States to south- 

 western Missouri and eastern Nebras- 

 ka. 



Black Haw. The black naw is a 



Viiumum species of viburnum, 



prunifolium. ^^ obtuge _ pointed? 



dark - green leaves from one to two Black Haw * 

 inches long ; the stems are not crinkly on the edges. 

 The flowers and fruit are similar to those of the 

 foregoing variety. The fruit is also edible. The 



Sweet 

 Viburnum. 



