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black haw is a \evy small tree, from 1T> to 30 feet 

 high; in the North it is oftenest a thickly branched 

 shrub. It is common in 

 dry soil or beside streams, 

 and extends from south- 

 western Connecticut 

 westward to Missouri 

 and Indian Territory, 

 and southward to Florida 

 and Texas. 



Arrow-wood. The arrow- 



Viburnum dentatum. Wuu( ] crets 



to 



its name from the fact that Arrow wood, 



its stems were used by the Indians to make arrows. 

 The leaves are altogether different from those of 

 the two preceding varieties ; they are broadly ovate, 

 sometimes slightly heart shaped, light green, strongly 

 straight-veined, and the very prominent, sharp teeth 

 resemble those of a small circular saw. Its fruit, a 

 quarter of an inch long, is rich purple-blue in color. 

 The arrow-wood is a small tree, or oftenest a shrub, 

 which grows from 5 to 15 feet high; it is common 

 in wet places from Maine to Minnesota, and extends 

 as far south as northern Georgia. 



