HONEYSUCKLE. 291 



Honeysnckle Family. 



A family of a few hundred species, including such well- 

 known plants as the common Elder (Sambucus), the Snow- 

 berry ( Symphoricarpus ) and the Honeysuckle (Lonicera). 



Genus VIBURNUM. 



Small trees or shrubs with simple opposite leaves. Flow- 

 ers perfect or neutral; calyx equally five-toothed, persistent; 

 corolla five-lobed; stamens five; ovary inferior, 1-celled. 

 Fruit a dry or fleshy 1-seeded drupe; seed flattened. This 

 genus includes the weil-known Snowball, which is a sterile 

 form of the Highbush Cranberry ( Viburnum opulus}. 



Viburnum lentago. Black Haw. Sheepberry. Nan- 

 nyberry. 



Leaves ovate-acuminate, petioles usually winged. Flow- 

 ers perfect, in flat clusters from 3 to 5 inches across, slightly 

 fragrant, appearing the latter part of May or first of June in 

 this section; corolla cream-colored or nearly white, i inch 

 across when open; filament thick; stigma broad. Fruit borne 

 in drooping clusters, oval, about | inch long, sweet, juicy, 

 black or dark blue, thick-skinned, covered with a glaucous 

 bloom, ripens in September. Within our range a broad bush 

 but occasionally a small tree. 



Distribution. Quebec to the Saskatchewan and south to 

 Georgia and Missouri. Usually found in moist locations, 

 especially along river and lake shores, but not uncommon in 

 thickets. 



Propagation. By seed and by layers. The seeds should 

 be stratified over winter before planting and often remains in 

 the soil a year before starting. 



