1610 



SAMBUCUS 



A. Color of fruit black or blackish. 



B. Fruit not glaucous. 



c. Height 12-25 ft. when full grown. 



nlgrra, Linn Common Eukopean Elder A large 



shrub or small tree, lZ-2) tt high, with rough bark, 



old wood hard, j ellow, fine grained 1" " 



SAMPHIRE 



cc. Height S-12 ft. 



Canadensis, Linn. Common American or Sweet Elder. 



Fig. 2247. Shrubby, 5-12 ft. high; wood with white pith 



occupying the greater part of the stem: Ivs. pinnate- 



Ifts 5-11, smooth fl& white, in a flat cyme fr black 



Fruit ripe Aug , Sept \ ar aiJrea has j el 



Var variegata his \rll(>\\ish white mark 



ings \ ir laciniata h is tht Ifts \ in 



oush lit ml in 1 iiti d \ ii glauca 



his wiiiti j, lull u flielenes L,ng 



6 bb Cu o I s IB! i.'s -This 



IS the comni 111 I II i II i m. in mid 



2247. Common £lder, blooming in summer— Sambucus Canade 



flat 5-rayed cymes : fr. blaok i.r iliirk ixrcrii. - Mav, .Tunc 

 The following horticultural viirs. hit sufli.-i.ntly .lisiin- 

 guished by their namos : arpr6ntca, aiirea, heter'ophylla, 

 laciniata, pulverul^nta, pyramidilia. rotnidifolia, varie- 



g4ta. Of these v:ii' -. ■ - ■ • i. i .as., n of its 



yellow foliage; ^' /by reason 



of variously cut In , . , i ,. , i . il'ective in 

 mass planting. \";.i , ../ ././.. i ii..[ .. instant in its 

 variegation. S. hiln-opli iill:i . Inciinnln, rariegata, etc., 

 of trade catalogues, are presumably varieties of S. 



ciated The 1 



ippre 



BB Flint qlaiitous, i e , itiongly 

 uhit tied atth a mealy bloom 



glaiica, \utt Arborescent, 6-18 ft 

 high, glabious throughout Ifts 5-9, 

 o\ ate to narrow 1 j oblong Pacific coast 

 east to Idaho and Nev Seed offered 

 1901 m S Cdhf Gn 53, p b8 



AA Coloi of fiuit ted 

 B Petioles glabious 

 racemdsa, Lmn Lfts oblong acu 

 minate, unequil at the base fls pani 

 cuUte IvativeofEu Asia and closely 

 resembles the next , perhajis a little 

 taller and the twigs usu ilh 4 angled 

 \ ars m the ti ide are plumdsa, plu- 

 mosa aurea ui 1 lacini4ta, which are 



SAMPHIREir,,^;/, 



Saint 



lent 



1 11 11 iidj perennial, 

 well I M s\ t HI 1 1 I > coasts above 

 hi,;h til 111 I 1 It I 1 itain as sea fen 

 nel paisle\ ptit mil St Petei s heib 

 It belongs to the tamilj t mbellifeiw 

 The plants which attain a height of 

 ti im 1-2 ft, ha\e somewhat linear, 

 „'laucous green, fleshj lca\cs, K in 

 long small, white or j ellow isli flow ers, 

 which appear in umbels during July, 

 and oblong, yellowish, fennel like, 

 smallish seeds of light weight, which 

 ripen in early autumn and lose their 

 germinating power within a year. For 

 more than three centuries the crisp and 

 aroiiKitio leaves ami yi.iin- stems gath- 

 '.•i-i-l in A irjn -I ..r '<. |.l. mli.T have 



' s.iiiiphire 



|.U uuinll.i I. nil v.i.ik .salt and 

 le propagated by root division, 

 seed as soon as ripe, the plants 

 :rom 1-1^ ft. asunder in rows 



'a crithmifoUa),& native of the 

 nt (ireat Britain, is an erect 

 . tall, with small, fleshy leaves 



