40 WHITE AND GREENISH 



1. RED-BERRIED ELDER: 



Sambucus racembsa. 

 Honeysuckle Family. June — July. 



Found on borders of woods. A shrub 2-12 

 feet high. New Foundland to British Colum- 

 bia, south to Georgia, Iowa and Colorado. 

 Flowers — Dull white, in large cluster, followed 



by red berries. 

 Leaves — 5-7 finely-toothed leaflets. 



COMMON ELDER: Elderberry: American, 

 Sweet, or Black-berried Elder. 



S. canadensis. 

 Flowers — White, in flat clusters; fruit purple- 

 black. 



2. SWEET PEPPERBUSH; White Alder: Al- 

 der-leaved Clethra. Clethra alnifolia. 



Heath Family. July — Aug. 



Shrub 3-10 feet high. Found in low wood- 

 lands, thickets, chiefly near the Atlantic coast. 



Flowers — White, in narrow clusters, fragrant. 



Leaves — Alternate, finely toothed, especially to- 

 ward the tips. 



notes. 



