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THE GUELDER KOSE. 



growing in the same clusters present a very singular ap- 

 pearance. Loudon tells us that in Germany the young 

 shoots are employed in basket-making, and for tying 

 fagots and other packages ; and those of two or three 

 years old are used for the stems of tobacco-pipes. The 

 berries are used in Switzerland for making ink. 



The Guelder Rose is a much prettier shrub than the 

 preceding. In its wild state it never attains the dimen- 

 sions of a tree, but is nevertheless a highly ornamental 



hedge-plant. The tree is smooth in every part. The leaves 

 are large, three-lcbed, and serrated. The flowers are of a 

 brilliant white, and much more conspicuous than those of 

 the Wayfaring-tree, growing in clusters which have the 

 outer flowers destitute of stamens and pistils, but fur- 

 nished with large and showy petals. In August and 



