82 TREES GROWING NEAR WATER. 



more gifted and subtle observation 

 which watches tor the earliest signs 

 of spring in growth that is apparently 

 dead and is conscious of the beauty of 

 the golden dust in the catkins of the 

 hazel. They thrust themselves abun- 

 dantly upon the sight, and the wind 

 stirs their long petals that the attention 

 may not wander from them. And 

 about them there is a grace and fleeci- 

 ness which is most enchanting. In 

 cultivation the tree is frequently seen, and it would be quite 

 without objectionable features for the ornamentation of parks 

 and grounds were it not that its leaves unfold so late in the 

 season. Before they do so the majority of other trees are al- 

 ready fully clothed with verdure. They remind us of the 

 leaves of the magnolias and in the autumn turn to a uniform 

 tint of bright yellow. 



The wood of the fringe tree is closely grained and heavy. 

 From the bark tonic properties are extracted which have been 

 used in the treatment of fevers. 



SWEET VIBURNUM. SHEEP BERRY. NANNY BERRY. 



(Plate XXXII.) 



Vibilmum Lentago. 



FAMILY SHAPE HEIGHT RANGE TIME OF BLOOM 



Honeysuckle. Round-topped^ 15-30 feet. Hudson Bay southward May, June, 

 bushy. to Ga. and westward. Fruit: Oct. 



Bark : reddish brown and irregularly broken into small, thin plates. 

 Branches: light green; very pubescent. Wood: hard; unpleasantly scented. 

 Winter buds: glabrous. Leaves: simple; opposite; with slender margined 

 petioles, the borders of which are wavy and upon which brownish glands are 

 borne ; ovate, with pointed apex and rounded base, quite subject to variation ; 

 finely and sharply serrate ; bright green; glossy; glabrous. Flowers: small ; 

 white; perfect; growing in broad sessile cymes. Fruit: red, turning later to 

 blue-black; ovoid ; growing in clusters on red petioles ; glaucous ; edible; sweet. 



The sweet viburnum is a small tree. Along the borders of 

 streams and by swamps it rears itself boldly or seeks seclusion 



