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The species cultivated are : 1. F. Lavtand, 

 Wavtaring Tree; 2. F. O/mliis, Water Eider; 

 3. F. Lentaoo, Pear-leaved Viixirnum; 4. F. 

 Casunoides, Thick-leaved Viburnum ; 5. F. ni- 

 tidum, Shining-leaved Viburnum ; 6. F. Icevt- 

 gahim, Cassiobcrry Bush ; 7- F. nudum, Oval- 

 feaved Viburnum ; 8. F.prumfolium, Pkun-Ieaved 

 ■ Viburnum ; 9- F. dcnlatum. Tooth-leaved Vi- 

 burnum ; 10. F. T'lnus, Laurustiiius or Lau- 



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The first is a thickly-branched shrub or small 

 tree, having round, pliant, mealy twigs, with 

 the same kind of tufted stellated pubescence as 

 is found on the flower-stalks, backs, and even 

 upper surfaces of the leaves: the leaves opposite, 

 somewhat elliptical, cordate, obtuse, serrate, 

 strontrly veined, turning dark red before they fall 

 inaut'umn; stipules none: the flowers whitish, 

 in laroe terminating, solitary, many-flowered 

 cymes? It is a native of most parts of Europe, 

 flowering here in Mav. It is sometimes known 

 by the name of Pliant'Mealy Tree; and according 

 to Withering the bark of the root is used to make 

 birdlime. 



There is a variety in North America with 

 laro-er leaves, of a bright green ; and with va- 

 riegated leaves in nurseries. 



The second species is a small bushy tree, 

 smooth in all its parts, and very much branched : 

 branches opposite, round: the leaves subcordate, 

 with three great unequally serrate lobes, veined, 

 paler beneath; their petioles bearing several 

 cup-like glands towards the top, and a pair or 

 two of erect linearappcndages, scarcely to be call- 

 ed stipules, near the base the cymes terminating, 

 solitary, composed of many white flowers, ra- 

 diant; the inner perfect, small, resembUng those 

 of Elder ; those in the margin abortive, consist- 

 ing merely of a large irregular flat petal without 

 any organs of frueufication: the stigmas nearly 

 sessile,° close together : the berries drooping, 

 "•lobular, crowned with five very small scales of 

 fhe calyx, red, very succulent. It is a native of 

 Europe, flowering early in June ; the bright-red 

 berries ripen about September, and towards the 

 middle of October the leaves assume a beautiful 

 pink colour. 



There is an American variety, which is a shrub, 

 that has the twigs of a shining rcd'colour, and 

 which rises eight or ten feet high, with many 

 side branches, covered with a smooth puri^le 

 bark : the leaves cordate- ovate, ending in acute 

 points, deeply serrate, having many strong veins, 

 and standitig'upon very long slender footstalks. 



There is another beautiful variety coninion in 

 plantations under the name of Guelder Rose, 

 bearing large round bunches of abortive flowers 

 »nly, which rises to the height of eighteen or 



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twenty feet if permitted to stand : the stem be- 

 comes large ; the branches grow irregular, and 

 are covered with a gray bark : the leave* are di- 

 vided into three or four lobes, somewhat like 

 those of the Maple ; they are about three inches 

 long, and two and a half broad, jagged on their 

 edges, and of a light green colour: the flowers 

 come out in a large corymb, are very white, and, 

 being all neuters, are barren; from their extreme 

 whiteness, and swelling out into a globular 

 form, some country people have given this shrub 

 the name of Snow-ball Tree. It is also some- 

 times called Elder Rose and Rose Elder. 



The third has the branches bent or hanging 

 down : the petioles waving on the edge : the 

 leaves thick, like those of the tenth sort, smooth, 

 serrulate with very small teeth: the germ ter- 

 minating, awl-shaped, ventricose at the Ijase. 

 It is a native of North America, flowering here 

 in July. 



The fourth species has the lowest leaves ob ' 

 ovate ; the next ovate ; the upper ones kmceolate. 

 It is a native of North America. It iiowers in 

 June. 



The fifth is a native of North America. It 

 flowers in May and June. 



The sixth 'species has the leaves petioled, 

 broad-lanceolate, sharpish, without any raised 

 veins : the petioles decurrent along the back, 

 whence the twigs are aneipital : the corymb 

 short: the stem twelve or fourteen feet high, 

 sending out branches from the bottom to the 

 top: the leaves about an inch long, and more 

 than half an inch broad, of a light green colour, 

 opposite, on short footstalks : the peduncles 

 axillary, very short, supporting small umbels of 

 white 'flowers, which appear in July. It is a 

 native of South Carolina. 



The seventh has a strong stem, covered with 

 a brown smooth bark, and^rislng to the height 

 of ten or twelve feet, sendmg out woody. 

 branches on every side the whole length, which 

 have a smooth purplish bark : the leaves oppo- 

 site, five inches long and two and a half broad, 

 smooth and of a lucid green above, veined and 

 of a light green benealh, entire at the edges, 

 (indistinctiv" notched,) and rounded at both 

 end- : of tlie same thickness with those of the 

 Broa.l-leaved Laurustinus: the flowers are pro- 

 duced in large umbels (cymes) at the end of the 

 branches, aVe in shape and colour like those of 

 the common Lnurustinus, but smaller; and lie 

 stamens are much larger than the corolla: they 

 appear in July, and are succeeded by roundish 

 berries, wliich, when ripe, are black. It is a 

 native of America, flowering in May and June. 

 There are varieties with deciduous and ever- 

 green leaves. 

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