1036 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves cordate, rounded, finely ser- 

 rated, veiny, clothed beneath, but more sparingly on 

 the upper side, with starry mealy pubescence, like 

 that on the branches, petioles, and peduncles. Cymes 

 pedunculate, broad, flat, of numerous crowded white 

 flowers. Bracteas several, small, acute. A low 

 treet with copious, opposite, round, pliant, mealy 

 branches. Under side of leaves and branches white 

 from mealy down. Berries compressed in an early 

 state, red on the outer side, yellow, and finally 

 black, with a little mealy astringent pulp, 

 Mill., iii. p. 441.) 



Varieties. 



&*t V. L. 2 grandifolia Ait., V. L. latifolia Lodd. Cat., has leaves larger 



than those of the species, and, according to some, ought to constitute 



a separate species itself. (See No. 10.) 

 * t V. L. 3 foliis variegdfis Lodd. Cat. has leaves variegated with white 



and yellow. 



Description, $c. A shrub, or low tree ; a native of Europe and the West of 

 Asia, in low woods and hedges, and chiefly on calcareous soils. In a state 

 of culture, in good free soil, it forms a handsome, durable, small tree, 18 ft. or 

 20ft. in height; with large broad leaves, and ample heads of white flowers, 

 which are succeeded by fruit, at first green, afterwards red, and finally black. 

 The fruit is greedily eaten by birds, is not unpleasant to the taste, and is 

 considered by some as refreshing and astringent. The leaves, in autumn, 

 die off of a fine deep red colour. Dr. Withering says that the bark of the 

 root is used to make birdlime. The tree grows rapidly when young, often 

 producing shoots 5 ft. or 6 ft. long, from stools in coppice woods ; but becoming 

 stationary when it has attained the height of 12ft. or 15ft., which it does in 

 5 or 6 years. In Germany, the shoots of one year are employed in basket- 

 making, and for tying faggots and other packages ; and those of two or three 

 years old are used for tubes to tobacco-pipes. The wood is white and hard, 

 and may be employed for various purposes in turning and cabinet-making. In 

 Switzerland, the fruit is used for making ink. The following beautiful lines on 

 this tree are by William Howitt. 



'" Wayfaring tree! what ancient claim 

 Hast thou to that right pleasant name ? 

 Was it that some faint pilgrim came 



Unhopedly to thee, 

 In the brown desert's weary way, 

 Mid toil and thirst's consuming sway, 

 And there, as 'neath thy shade he lay, 



Blest the wayfaring tree. 



" Or is it that thou lovest to show 

 Thy coronets of fragrant snow, 

 Like life's spontaneous joys that flow 



In paths by thousands beat ? 

 Whate'er it be, I love it well; 

 A name, methinks, that surely fell 

 From poet, in some evening dell, 

 Wandering with fancies sweet." 



Book of the Seasons, p. 115. 



Plants may be raised from seed, which may be procured in abundance from 

 coppices and hedges, and, to save room, should be laid up in a heap in the rot- 

 ing-ground, like haws ; for, if sown immediately after being gathered, they 

 will not come up for 18 or 20 months. 



* 9. V. (L.) LANTANOI V DES Michx. The Lantana-like Viburnum, or 

 American Wayfaring Tree. 



Identification. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. p. 179. ; Dec. Prod., 4. p. 326. ; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer., 1. 



p. 3K>. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab., 1. 1070. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 441. 

 Synonymes. ? V. LantaTia /3 grandifolia Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 1., vol. 1. p. 392. ; V. grandifblium 



Smith in Reefs Cycl., No. 14. ; V. Lantana ft canadC-nsis Pert. Ench., 1. p. 327. ; Hobble Bush, 



Amer. 

 Engravings. Bot. Cab., 1 1070. ; and our fig. 786. 



