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land, and its variety maxima, remarkable for its 

 enormous flat masses of flowers, are very beautiful 

 with their lustrous fruits and so is S. pubens of 

 which there is a variety (leucocarpa) with yellowish 

 fruits. A number of Viburnums, both native and 

 exotic, have black fruits and many of them are de- 

 sirable shrubs. Among the best of the native 

 species are V. pubescens, the Arrow-wood (V. aceri- 

 folium), and the Hobble Bush (V. alnifolium, often 

 called V. lantanoides) . The last named is a lovely 

 shrub with large leaves but unfortunately it dislikes 

 cultivation and the same is true of its close ally, V. 

 furcatum, from northern Japan. Of exotic species 

 perhaps the best in fruit is the Japanese V. Sieboldii, 

 a large bush or slender tree thirty feet tall, with large, 

 prominently nerved bright green leaves and large 

 pyramidal clusters of jet-black fruit. When it fruits 

 freely the popular V. tomentosum (often called V. 

 plicatum) from Japan is very beautiful. Other good 

 sorts are the European Wayfaring Tree (V. Lantana), 

 its Chinese relative V. Veitchii, and the evergreen 

 V. rhytidophyllum with remarkably long wrinkled 

 leaves felted on the underside. Belonging to the same 

 family are several Bush Honeysuckles with lustrous 

 black fruits of which mention may be made of the 

 European Lonicera nigra, the Chinese L. nervosa, 



