BLACK OR DARK PURPLE 237 



at school-opening season^ the drooping clusters 

 of fruit are a feast for the eye ; are sometimes 

 used for pies and homemade wine ; and furnish 

 material for the country boy's ink bottle, much to 

 the distress of his schoolma'am. Professor Budd 

 is responsible for the statement, that with the 

 addition of an acid, vinegar or lemon juice, 

 Elderberries make as good a pie as Huckle- 

 berries. 



The new growths are smooth and green, and 

 the older stems are grayish, with raised dots. 

 The pith is white, distinguishing this Elder from 

 the Red-berried, which has a brown pith. It is a 

 common plant of the United States and Canada. 



MAPLE-LEAVED VIBURNU:\I OR ARROW- 

 WOOD. DOCKMACKIE 



Viburnum acerifolium Honeysuckle Family 



Fruit. — The smallish drupes are somewhat 

 oval in shape, with two opposite sides flattened. 

 They are pointed at the tip. They are nearly 

 black when ripe. The flesh is thin and the 

 stone is doubly convex, with one ridged surface 

 and the other one slightly two-grooved. The 



