HONEYSUCKLE FAMILY 



clothed with a soft velvety pubescence. Autumnal tints deep 

 purple brightening to red. Petioles short. 



Flowers. — June. Perfect, white, borne in loose pedunculate 

 cymes, one to three inches across, abundant. 



Calyx. — Tube adnate to the ovary ; border 

 five-toothed, acute. 



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

 spreading. 



Stamens. — Five, inserted on corolla-tube, 

 exserted. 



Pistil. — Ovary inferior, style short, three- 

 Leaf of Downy Vibur- Jobed 

 num. Typical form. 



Fruit. — Drupe, ovoid or oval, dark purple, 

 one-fourth of an inch long ; pulp thin. Stone slightly two- 

 grooved on both faces. August. 



The Downy Viburnum is one of the smaller species 

 of the genus, but it flowers superbly when grown in 

 the open with abundance of light and air. The plant 

 is also very fine in autumn, as the leaves turn a rich 

 dark purple brightened with vinous red. The leaves 

 var}' greatly in shape, character of margin, and degree 

 of pubescence. 



ARROW-WOOD 



Viburnum dentatum. 



A compact shrub, six to ten feet high with ash-colored bark, 

 smooth, obtusely angular branches ; the young shoots slender 

 and very straight ; found in low moist grounds and on the bor- 

 der of rivers. Ranges from New Brunswick to Georgia and west 

 to Michigan and Minnesota. Takes kindly to cultivation. 



Leaves. — Opposite, .simple, pinnately veined, one and a half 

 to three inches long, broadly ovate, rounded or cordate at base, 

 coarsely and sharply serrate, acute at apex ; strongly veined ; 

 veins depressed above, prominent below. They come out of bud 

 invohite, green, slightly tinged with reddish brown, shining and 



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