HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



downy ; when full grown are bright dark green above, paler be- 

 neath, with tufts of hair in the axils of the veins. The autumnal 

 tint is dark bronze red. Petioles short. 



Flowers. June. White, perfect, borne in broad, flat peduncu- 

 late cymes, two to three inches across. 



Calyx. Tube adnate to the ovary ; limb five-toothed. 

 Corolla. White, rotate, five-lobed ; lobes spreading. 

 Stamens. Five, inserted on the corolla-tube, exserted. 

 Pistil. Ovary inferior, style short, three-lobed. 



Fruit. Drupe, globose ovoid, dark blue, about one-fourth of 

 an inch in diameter, flesh thin, dry, somewhat acid ; stone grooved 

 on one side, rounded on the other. September. 



Viburnum dent at um is now extensively planted in 

 parks. In June when covered with great Mat clusters 

 of snowy flowers, and later when these 

 are succeeded by dark, shining, blue 

 berries, the bush is most attractive and 

 ornamental. These shining blue ber- 

 ries are eaten by birds, although it is 

 hard to understand why ; they are dry, 

 dull, tasteless, seedy things. 

 Leaf of ra//, Viburnum mo n gt tn e Soft -leaved 



Arrow-wood, is a southern bush greatly resembling 

 Viburnum dentatum and is sometimes found in Penn- 

 sylvania. It is perfectly hardy at the north and well 

 worthy of cultivation. 



WITHE-ROD 



Viburnum cassinoides. 



A somewhat straggling bush, two to twelve feet high, with 

 gray branches : twigs sometimes scurfy, sometimes glabrous ; 

 found in swamps and wet soil. Ranges from Newfoundland to 

 Manitoba, southward to Georgia and Alabama. Takes kindly to 

 cultivation. 



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