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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- 



iing rooted plants. 



j 



j * 2. iS". canade'nsis L. The Canadian Elder. 



'identificntioti. Lin. Sp., 38S. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 43r,. 

 ^Engravings. Schmidt Baum., 2. t. H*?. ; and onr Jig. 934. 



\Spcc. Char., Sfc. Frutescent. Leaves 

 ' pinnate or sub-pinnate. Leaflets 

 ; about 4 pairs, and an odd one ; 

 I oblong, oval, stiffish, acuminated, 

 j more or less pubescent beneath, 

 ! sometimes appendiculated at the 

 I base. Cymes of 5 main branches. 



Flowers almost scentless. Berries 

 ' deep blui.-,h black. {Don's Mill.) A 



shrub, nearly sufFiuticose. Canada to 



Carolina, in swamp.s and near hedges. 

 1 Height 4 ft. to 6 t't. Litroduced in 

 i 1761. Flowers white; July and 

 ' August. Fruit bluish black ; ripe in 

 i September. 



* A bush, in foliage resembling the 

 lommon elder, but it is less hardy, and, 

 1 Britain at least, never assumes any 

 ling of a tree character. 



canadensis. 



B. Leaves pinnate. Floivers panicled. 

 36 3. S. RACEMO^SA L. The racemose-^owe7-ed Elder. 



lentificntion. Lin. Sp.. 3?G. ; Don's Mill., S. p. 438. 



^inontimes. S. montana Crt?. Epit. 976. ; S cervlni Tabern. 1029. ; Sambuco montana, Hal. 



ingrufings. Jacq. Icon. Kar., 1. p. bO.; N. Du Ham., 1. t. 56. ; and our^g. 935. 



j)ec. Char., <^c. 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 



j South of Europe and .Silieria, on moun- 



I tains. Height 10 ft. to 1-2 ft. Litroduced 



J in lo96. Flowers whitish green; April 



jl and May. Fruit scarlet ; ripe in August. 

 Triett/. 



^ S.r.2 lacinintn Koch in Dec. Fl. Fr. 

 Supp. p. 3000. Leaflets jagged. 



j A native of the Palatinate of the 



! Rhine. 



,This tree has a splendid appearance 

 len covered with its panicles of fine, 

 j'ge, scarlet fruit, which resemble minia- 

 (re bunches of gra[)es of the most bril- 

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

 [I'V ornamental. It grows as freely as the common elder, and deserves a 

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

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

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



L L i; 



935. S. racemosa. 



