TREES AND SHRUBS 



Flowers greenish-wliite, in a terminal panicled ci/»ie, o\'ate, racemose in 

 appearance ; f '«///.( 5-cleft ; Corolla 5-lobed ; Staincits 5 ; Ovarij inferior ; Fruit 

 a berry-like drupe, globular, large, resembling bunch of Grapes, 4-6 ins. in 

 length, scarlet, ripe in August. 



Leaves opposite, imparipinnate, leaflets 5-7, oblong-elliptic, serrated, acute, 

 unequal at base, bluish-green above, light glaucous green beneath, glabrous, 

 membranous ; petioles glabrous. 



A deciduous sh7-ith or small tree, 10-20 ft. ; Branches numerous, arching ; 

 liark dark, smooth, few fissures. 



Native of S. Europe and Siberia; introduced 1596. Known also as Hart's 

 Elder. 



WAYFARING TREE, Viburnum Lantana. 



AVoods, hedges, gardens. May, June. This is plentifully met with on 

 chalky or limestone soils. It may be distinguished by its pliant mealy branches 

 and its ovate, cordate leaves covered with mealy down. It is most conspicuous 

 when the berries are partially ripe, for they are then seen in all stages of 

 transition from coral red to purplish-black. Old wood should be cut out 

 occasionally. The species of Viburnum are propagated by cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots, inserted in sandy soil, under handlights, in a somewhat 

 shady position, September or October; layering of shoots, September 

 or October. 



Flowers white, all small and perfect, J in. diam., 2 bracteolate, in a 

 dense corijv/boid cyme, 2-3 ins. diam., fiat-topped, pedicels scurfy ; Cahj.v 

 5-toothed ; Corolla 5-lobed ; Stamens 5, shortly exserted ; Ovary inferior, 

 1-ceUed, stigmas 3, sessile; Fruit a drupe, J in. diam., somewhat oblong, 

 turning from coral-red to purple-black, fiesh dryish, friable : seeds grooved 

 ventrally. 



Leaves ovate, cordate at base, petiolate, exstipulate, toothed or entire, 



obtuse, rugose, soft and velvety on upper side, dull yellow-green, very 



downy beneath with stellate hairs ; 3-5 ins. long, veins prominent beneath. 



Autumn tint deep red. 



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